6 Yea and further though Moses gave the commandment; Ye shall not have a molten or a carved image for your God , yet he himself made one that he might show them a type of Jesus. So Moses maketh a brazen serpent, and setteth it up conspicuously, and summoneth the people by proclamation. (BRN)
Epistle of Barnabas 12:6
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