2009-09-20T17:22:21-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com /feeds/topics/bronze+serpent/ http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Numbers%2021:4-9&version=NIV 2009-09-20T17:22:21-05:00 Plagued by snakes sent to punish them for their ceaseless complaining, the Israelites were told to look at a bronze statue of a snake to be saved from the serpents. All who looked at the snake lived.