Numbers 21 The Burning Serpents and the Metal Serpent

Numbers 21
The Burning Serpents and the Metal Serpent
4 And they departed from the mount Hor, by the way of the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: but the soul of the people was distressed in this way.
5 And the people spake against God and against Moses, Why did you bring us up out of Egypt, that we should die in this wilderness? for here neither bread nor water is there; and our soul hath bored this vile bread.
6 And the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit the people; and many people of Israel died.
7 And the people came unto Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; Pray to the Lord that he take these serpents from us. Then Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses, Make an ardent serpent, and set it upon a rod: and it shall be, that every bitten thing that looketh upon it shall live.
9 And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a rod: and it was that, biting some serpent upon some man, he looked upon the serpent of brass, and it was alive.