The simple translation of the verse (in Numbers ch.21) is copper. Anything else would be commentary or interpretation.
He tied it to a tall pole and let it hang from there.
His rod turned into serpent. The Egyptians did imitate that but Moses serpent ate the other serpents.
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American King James Verson: 'And the Lord said to Moses 'Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole and it shall come to pass that every one that is bitten when he looks on it shall live.' Moses either free-carved a serpent or carved the shape of serpent into the pole.
God turned Moses' rod into a serpent during the encounter at the burning bush, as a sign of His power to perform miracles. This event is described in the Book of Exodus in the Bible.
God told Moses to throw the staff, and God turned it into bronze and it was known to be the Nehushtan staff. When this happened, the staff turned into a snake. God ordered Moses to pick up the staff and when Moses did, it turned back to it's original self. Many people in Moses' time destroyed it for other goods.
They were swallowed by moses' serpent which subsequently turned back into a stick.
God told Moses (Numbers ch.21) to make the image of a serpent. This was to remind those who complained about the journey or about the food (ibid.), that they were in effect badmouthing God (the snake is a symbol of slander).BTW, it's wilderness, not desert.
According to The Bible/Tanakh/Old Testament, when Moses went before Pharoah, Moses' staff changed into a snake/serpent, and then back into a staff again. (Exodus 4:1-5)
If you're a widow pray night and day; 1 Tim 5:5Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day.... For another husband, perhaps? And Moses prayed for the people. 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. 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 21:4-9
According to the biblical genealogy, Moses would have lived in the late bronze age. However, few scholars today believe that the story of Moses was really historical.
They were NOT told to bow before it. They only had to look at it, and they would be healed and live. The brazen serpent was a representation of sin, and therefore was a representation of Jesus Christ, whom the Bible says became sin for us. There are many things in the Old Testament that point to Christ. Numbers 21:8-9 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. 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.