“Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. The people came to Moses and said, ‘We sinned when we spoke against the Lord and against you. Pray that ...

The book of Numbers in the Bible (Chapter 20) tells the story of an unusual plague that attacked the Israelites in the desert after they had left Egypt. They were attacked by a large number of snakes.

Find today’s readings here. For Christians, reading the Old Testament in light of the New Testament is sometimes almost like a game: Where is Jesus hiding? How is Jesus prefigured this time, in a ...

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.” — Numbers 21:8 The other day I was talking with someone who drew a ...

Perhaps the first part of today’s Gospel, which refers to the bronze serpent, an event in the Book of Exodus in the Old Testament, may cause some confusion, especially among the fundamentalist ...