Numbers 21 — The Wilderness Incident

Full Num 21:4–9 with the Edom-detour context (Num 20:14–21). Hebrew key terms: saraph (fiery serpent); nahash nehoshet (bronze serpent). Cross-references to Gen 3 (the Eden serpent as judgment-symbol) and 1 Cor 10:9–11 (Paul's application of the wilderness generation to the church). Featured voice: Spurgeon, The Mysteries of the Brazen Serpent (1857).