They will pick up snakes with their hands. And when they drink deadly poison, it will not hurt them at all. They will place their hands on sick people. And the people will get well.”
Moses lifted up the snake in the desert. In the same way, the Son of Man must also be lifted up.Then everyone who believes may have eternal life in him.”
Then the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the Israelites. The snakes bit them. Many of the people died.The others came to Moses. They said,“ We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that the Lord will take the snakes away from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.The Lord said to Moses,“ Make a snake. Put it up on a pole. Then anyone who is bitten can look at it and remain alive.”So Moses made a bronze snake. He put it up on a pole. Then anyone who was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake remained alive.
Out of the smoke came locusts. They came down on the earth. They were given power like the power of scorpions of the earth.They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree. They were supposed to harm only the people without God’s official seal on their foreheads.