Nehushtan

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/nehushtan

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the biblical references?Numbers 21:4-9 and 2 Kings 18:4
2. What is the material composition?Bronze (an alloy primarily of copper and tin)
3. Why did the Israelites make a bronze snake?After God sent fiery snakes to punish them, Moses asked God to create a bronze snake. God told Moses to make it so those bitten could be healed by looking.
4. How did looking at the bronze serpent help people?When a person looked at the bronze serpent, they showed faith and were healed. It showed God’s power to both hurt and help.

Iconoclasm: The destruction of religious images or symbols, often as part of a reform movement.
Syncretism: The blending of different religious beliefs and practices.
Chthonic: Relating to the underworld or the earth, often associated with deities of the earth and fertility.