...plagued with serpents (among other sufferings) in the wilderness; but see Numbers xxi 8: And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set...shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten [by a serpent], when he looketh upon it, shall live. 'This life-giving serpent 'lifted up in the wilderness'...

...pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon...pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived." This is an example of the healing power associated still even...