2. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 21.8 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
21.8. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה עֲשֵׂה לְךָ שָׂרָף וְשִׂים אֹתוֹ עַל־נֵס וְהָיָה כָּל־הַנָּשׁוּךְ וְרָאָה אֹתוֹ וָחָי׃ | 21.8. 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 seeth it, shall live.’" |
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4. Anon., Epistle of Barnabas, 1.4, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8, 4.10, 5.4, 9.1-10.12, 11.6, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, 12.10, 12.11, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 15.1, 15.4, 15.5, 15.8, 16, 16.1, 16.2, 16.4, 16.8, 18, 21.1, 21.3, 21.9 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)
| 1.4. Being therefore persuaded of this, and being conscious with myself that having said much among you I know that the Lord journeyed with me on the way of righteousness, and am wholly constrained also myself to this, to love you more than my own soul (for great faith and love dwelleth in you through the hope of the life which is His)--considering this therefore, that |
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