The Bronze Snake

It has been 40 years since God set the people of Israel free from slavery in Egypt. They have been wandering in the wilderness between Egypt and the Promised Land. And now, they are finally ready to go in and take possession of what God had promised to them. But in Chapter 21, we find Moses and the people having to backtrack because they couldn’t get permission to go through the territory of Edom. 

Please find Numbers 21:4-9 and let's look at four shocking things in this passage.