Sunday, April 15, 2018

Brazen Serpent Chiasm

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole,
and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man,
when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.
Numbers 21:8
 

Num 21:4-9
  A(21:4-5)  Complains of the people
    B(21:6)    
""the LORD sent among the people saraph serpents" (21:6)"   
(השׂרפים)
  A'(21:7)  Repentance of the people
    B'(21:8-9)    
""Make a saraph and mount it on a pole" (21:8)"   
(שׂרף)
A: Acts of the people.
B: Serpents.