... > Bible > Old Testament > Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua: from the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt to their settlement in Canaan > Numbers: the wandering in the wilderness, the Israelites leave Mount Sinai and reach Canaan > Numbers (part II): the journey from Kadesh to Moab > the brazen serpent (Numbers 21:4-9) > anyone who is bitten by a snake is cured by looking at the brazen serpent; the serpent (or dragon) is usually depicted on a tau-shaped cross or on a pillar