Anf-03 iv.ix.x Pg 35
Their sin was “speaking against God and against Moses” (Num. xxi. 4–9).
they were suffering extermination by serpents, except that in this case he was exhibiting the Lord’s cross on which the “serpent” the devil was “made a show of,”1341 1341
Anf-03 v.iv.iii.xiv Pg 7
Num. xi. and xxi.
Against young lads, too, did He send forth bears, for their irreverence to the prophet.2872 2872
Anf-03 v.xi.ii Pg 5
See Num. xxi. 4–9.
Christ Himself (they say further) in His gospel imitates Moses’ serpent’s sacred power, in saying: “And as Moses upreared the serpent in the desert, so it behoveth the Son of man to be upreared.”8357 8357
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 33
VERSE (41) - Nu 21:4
