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.
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.
His rod turned into serpent. The Egyptians did imitate that but Moses serpent ate the other serpents.
Moses led the Israelites through the Sinai Desert.
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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.
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
There is no information regarding the distance the Israelites traveled with Moses in the desert. It is said that they traveled for forty years.
They were swallowed by moses' serpent which subsequently turned back into a stick.
He tied it to a tall pole and let it hang from there.
Sahara, specifically the Sinai Desert.
to the Sinai desert
Pharoah's chariots