Quotation for Numbers 21:9
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ מֹשֶׁה֙ נְחַ֣שׁ נְחֹ֔שֶׁת וַיְשִׂמֵ֖הוּ עַל־הַנֵּ֑ס וְהָיָ֗ה אִם־נָשַׁ֤ךְ הַנָּחָשׁ֙ אֶת־אִ֔ישׁ וְהִבִּ֛יט אֶל־נְחַ֥שׁ הַנְּחֹ֖שֶׁת וָחָֽי׃
And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the pole; and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
Shemirat HaLashon
5) (Ibid. 8): "whoever was bitten": This implies, even one who was not so eminent. And this is followed by (9): "if the snake had bitten a man," [connoting an eminent man]! Also, in the beginning (8), re'iah ["seeing"] is written; and, afterwards, (9) habatah [gazing (intently)] is used.
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