The Brazen Serpent. Moses erects a brass serpent, or Nehustan, to protect those bitten by a plague of snakes. Numbers, Chap XXI, verse 9 '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.' Engraving by T O Barlow 1824 -1889.
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The Brazen Serpent. Moses erects a brass serpent, or Nehustan, to protect those bitten by a plague of snakes. Numbers, Chap XXI, verse 9 '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.' Engraving by T O Barlow 1824 -1889.