BIBL 104 Old Testament Narrative Bible Study Assignment Bronze Serpent

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Name: Tasha Kuester Date: February 8, 2021 Section: Bible 104 Studying the Old Testament Narratives Passage: Numbers 21:4-9 Instructions: For this assignment, you will be studying the Old Testament story of The Bronze Serpent found in Numbers 21:4-9. You will use the template below in order to complete a study of this passage. In your study, you will use the skills of Observation, Interpretation, Correlation, and Application that you have become familiar with through your reading in Everyday Bible Study . I. Observation A. I have read Numbers 21:4-9 in both a formal translation (KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV, or CSB) and a functional translation (NIV, NLT, or NCV). Highlight the correct answer. You will find a copy of the NASB, ESV, CSB, and NLT in your myWSB Library. o Yes o No B Having read the passage in both formal and functional translation, list at least 2 similarities and 3 differences between the way both translations cover this story. You may list as many similarities and differences that you find as long as you meet the minimum amount. Similarities Differences Verse 4 Speaking of the Israelites demeanor during the journey, the ESV and NLT both refer to them as “impatient” Verse 5 ESV: The Israelites refer to the food God has given them as “worthless food” NLT: The Israelites refer to the food from heaven as “horrible manna” Verse 7 The Israelites come to Moses in both ESV and NLT saying “We have sinned” Verse 6 ESV: God’s wrath defined as “fiery serpents” NLT: God’s wrath defined as “poisonous snakes” Verse 8 ESV: God commands Moses to make a “fiery serpent and set it on a pole...” NLT: God commands Moses to make a “replica of a poisonous snake...”

C Identify the basic elements of the story you are studying 1. Main characters: (List them) • Moses, God, Israelites 2. Plot: (50-100 words) As Moses leads the Israelites around the land of Edom, they grow weary and start complaining. The Israelites speak out against God and Moses so God sends snakes to punish them for their unfaithfulness. They ask Moses to pray to God, so they may be saved from the serpents. God tells Moses to build a bronze serpent and place it on a pole so that whoever is bitten by a snake can look at the bronze serpent with faith and live. 3. Narrative structure: (50-100 words) Introduction: Moses leads the Israelites from Mount Hor to the Red Sea in order to bypass Edom. Inciting Incident: The Israelites speak out against God. Rising Action: God sends poisonous snakes to bite and kill the Israelites. Climax: The Israelites cry out to God and ask Moses to pray to save them from the snakes. Falling Action: Moses errects the bronze serpent, as God commanded, to save the Israelites. Resolution: God extends mercy to the Israelites and allows them to live after their transgressions. C. List basic observations about this passage using the “Key Question” for observation. 1. Who: • God • Moses • Israelites 2. What: Moses was leading the Israelites out of Egypt after the exodus when they begin to rebuke God for leading them into the wilderness. God responds by putting them in a situation where they have to rely on him for survival. God does this by sending snakes into their camp.

The Israelites realize their transgressions and ask for Moses to pray to God for their salvation. God delivers his people with the erection of the bronze serpent. 3. Where: • Mt Hor • Red Sea • Edom (around the land) 4. When: • During the time of the exodus from Egypt • After Moses was given the Ten Commandments • Before the reign of Hezekaih 5. Why: Why did Moses lead the Israelites around Edom? Edom refused to grant Israel passage through his land. Why did the Israelites speak out against God? They were tired of the daily struggle to survive and, given their fallen nature, they forgot everything God done for them. Why did God send poisonous snakes to bite the Israelites? The Israelites needed to be in a position where they were forced to rely on God for salvation from the snakes. Why did Moses build the bronze serpent? God instructed Moses to build the bronze serpent so that whoever looks at it will be saved. 6. How: How are the Israelites angering God? They complain that slavery was better than trusting in God to deliver them from the wilderness. How does God react to their unfaithfulness? God sends snakes the bite the Israelites How do the Israelites respond to the snakes? They call out to God for forgiveness and ask Moses to pray for their salvation. How does God offer salvation from the snakes? He commands Moses to build the bronze serpent and whoever looks at it will be saved. II. Interpretation A. Determine the author’s main point. In 1-2 paragraphs (100-400 words) explain what you

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