OLD TESTAMENT

Wisdom 16:6

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but for admonition were they troubled for a short time, having a token of salvation to put them in remembrance of the commandment of your law;

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Verse 6. Sign of salvation. The brazen serpent, an emblem of Christ our Saviour; ( Challoner.) and of the obedience which they should shew to God’s commands. Calmet.—The sign could have no inherent value; but, as a token of God’s favour, was the means of curing the people. Worthington.

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