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English Standard Version

Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

Numbers 21:9

Zechariah prophesied:

The Lord God of Israel has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David.

Luke 1:69

Numbers 21 (English Standard Version)

6 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.
7 And the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.
8 And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole, and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.”
9 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole. And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.
10 And the people of Israel set out and camped in Oboth.
11 And they set out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness that is opposite Moab, toward the sunrise.
12 From there they set out and camped in the Valley of Zered.

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Luke 1 (English Standard Version)

66 and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, “What then will this child be?” For the hand of the Lord was with him.
67 And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
68 “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
69 and has raised up a horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David,
70 as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
71 that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
72 to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,

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Free Bible Version

Moses made a snake out of bronze and put it on a pole. Those who looked at it did live.

Numbers 21:9

Zechariah spoke this prophecy:

The Lord, the God of Israel, has given us a great Savior from the line of his servant David.

Luke 1:69

Numbers 21 (Free Bible Version)

6 So the Lord sent poisonous snakes to attack them, and many Israelites were bitten and died.
7 The people went to see Moses and told him, “We were wrong to make complaints against the Lord and against you. Please pray to the Lord to get rid of the snakes from us.” Moses prayed to the Lord on their behalf.
8 The Lord told Moses, “Make a model of a snake and put it on a pole. When anyone who has been bitten looks at it, they will live.”
9 Moses made a snake out of bronze and put it on a pole. Those who looked at it did live.
10 The Israelites left and camped at Oboth.
11 Then they moved on from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim in the desert on the east side of Moab.
12 They left there and camped in the Valley of Zered.

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Luke 1 (Free Bible Version)

66 Everyone who heard the news wondered what it meant. “What will the little boy grow up to be?” they asked, for it was clear he was very special to God.
67 Zechariah, his father, filled with the Holy Spirit, spoke this prophecy:
68 “The Lord, the God of Israel, he is wonderful, for he has come to his people and set them free.
69 He has given us a great Savior from the line of his servant David,
70 as he promised through his holy prophets long ago.
71 He promised to save us from our enemies, from those who hate us.
72 He was merciful to our fathers, remembering his holy agreement—

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