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Moses made a copper snake and placed it on a high pole. Whenever a snake bit a man, he would gaze at the copper snake and live.
Vaya'as Moshe nechash nechoshet vayesimehu al-hanes vehayah im-nashach hanachash et-ish vehibit el-nechash hanechoshet vachay. |
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Sixth Reading
The Israelites then moved on and camped in Ovoth.
Vayis'u beney Yisra'el vayachanu be'Ovot. |
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Commentary:
copper snake
Snake is nachash and copper is nechosheth.The Israelites later called it Nechushtan and served it, so it was destroyed by Hezekiah (2 Kings 18:4).
| Ovoth
See Numbers 33:43. Ovoth is identified with el-Weiba, 30 miles due south of the Dead Sea, or Ein Hosob, 15 miles south of the Dead Sea.
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