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And it came to pass that the children of Israel continued on their journey and they did pitch their tents to find rest at Vaheb by the Red Sea,
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And the valley did stretch out unto a roaring stream, even as the slopes of the rushing water did stretch out unto Ar and did lie along the border of Moab.
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¶ And it came to pass that Israel did journey from Vaheb by the Red Sea and the valley of the Arnon,
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And even the very slopes of the valley that did stretch out to sit in Ar that doeth lie along the border of the land belonging to the descendants of Lot.
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And there did the people speak up against Ha’Elohim and against Moses.
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And they did speak as such: Ye have brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness!
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For here there is no bread; nor is there any water; and we do hate that which we have found to eat!
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And so it was that Ha’Elohim heard Israel in their moaning and thus יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, was sore in His wrath against them.
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And looking out into the land, יהוה (YHVH) did round up the fiery serpents of that place and did set them against Israel and they did bite the people.
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¶ And it came to pass that after many did perish in Israel, the people did come to Moses and said: We have sinned!
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For we have spoken against Ha’Elohim and against thee; pray unto יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, that He take away the serpents from us!
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And so did Moses go and make an atonement for the people of Israel.
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¶ And it came to pass that the angel of יהוה (YHVH) did come to Joshua and Moses, saying: Make thee a serpent of nechosheth and set it upon a pole;
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And it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten, when they looketh upon it, they shall live;
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But they who shall not look, these shall perish, and this shall be as a sign unto this people the easiness of the ways of יהוה (YHVH), should they hear and heed the Voice.
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¶ And it came to pass that Moses made a serpent of nechosheth and put it upon a pole;
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And so it was that if a serpent had bitten one of Israel, when they did look upon the serpent of nechosheth, they did live;
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Yet if they would not look, for the simpleness of the task, then they were taken to the grave.
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¶ And it came to pass that the angel of יהוה (YHVH) did come again unto Joshua and Moses saying:
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Behold this Nehushtan, the serpent of nechosheth set it upon this pole, for it is a sign of things to come:
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For in that day that the Son of Man shall come in the flesh, He shall be seen as a fiery serpent sent to poison Israel, for he shall cast out demons; therefore they shall say that he is one of them.
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And they shall take him, and they shall lift him upon a pole, and they shall kill him;
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Yet the son of man is the master of life and therefore death is not subject unto him!
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Therefore, all they that shall have faith and look upon him shall live,
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For there is no other name given here upon the earth nor above in the heavens whereby mankind can be saved.
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And for this cause, ye shall teach unto this people that they are to take upon themselves the Name (HaShem), and this that they might live.
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And so it was that יהוה (YHVH), our Elohim, did cure Israel of the poison of those fiery serpents and they that did rebel against יהוה (YHVH); and יהוה (YHVH) was again undefeated.