And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'Eternel dit à Moïse: Fais-toi un serpent brûlant, et place-le sur une perche; quiconque aura été mordu, et le regardera, conservera la vie.
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Philo Judaeus
De Agricultura
βόλων ὄφεων καίτοι μέλλοντες τελευτήσειν ὁπότε κατίδοιεν ἐπιβιοῦν καὶ μηδέποτε ἀποθνῄσκειν λέγονται (Num. 21,8). ταῦτα δ’ οὕτως μὲν λεγόμενα φάσμασιν ἔοικε καὶ τέρασι, δράκων ἀνθρώπου προϊέμενος φωνὴν καὶ ἐνσοφιστεύων ἀκακωτάτοις ἤθεσι καὶ πιθανότησιν εὐπαραγώγοις γυναῖκα ἀπατῶν,…
Barnabae epistula
Barnabae epistula
ἐδέοντο Μωῦσέως, ἵνα περὶ αὐτῶν ἀνενέγκῃ δέησιν περὶ τῆς ἰάσεως αὐτῶν. εἶπεν δὲ πρὸς αὐτοὺς Μωϋσῆς: Num. 21,8. 9 Ὅταν, φησίν. δηχθῇ τις ὑμῶν, ἐλθέτω ἐπὶ τὸν ὄφιν τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ξύλου ἐπικείμενον καὶ ἐλπισάτω πιστεύσας, ὅτι αὐτὸς ὢν νεκρὸς δύναται ζωοποιῆσαι, καὶ παραχρῆμα σωθήσεται.…
Epiphanius
Panarion (Adversus Haereses)
ν, φησίν, ὁ ἐλπίσας ὑπὸ τῶν ὄφεων τῆς ἐρήμου οὐ διαφθείρεται τουτέστι τῶν θεῶν τῆς γενέσεως — 7 vgl. Num. 21, 8 — 18 Job. 3, 14 V M 1 εἰ auf Rasur Vcorr εἰς M 2 ἐνθεὶς V 3 ἀληθῶς Dind.] ἀληθὲς VM 5f γνῶσιν ἀπάτην καὶ ἀγνωσίαν *] ἀπάτην καὶ ἀγνωσίαν γνῶσιν VM | καὶ ἀγνωσίαν]? * 9…
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