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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament 2095 רָאָה
Some of these appear in the definitions above. Five, however, are of special importance. (1) rāʾâ designates the saving, understanding, believing acceptance of the Word of God as delivered by his accredited messengers. In Isa 6:10 to see with the eyes is to hear God’s Word, to understand it, and to turn to him.
And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live.
And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, and there is no water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. And Jehovah sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, because we have spoken against Jehovah, and against thee; pray unto Jehovah, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. And Jehovah said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a standard: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he seeth it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and set it upon the standard: and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked unto the serpent of brass, he lived.
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn again, and be healed.
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up;
and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever— therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
But seek ye first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
Looking upon the bronze serpent in order to live. In John 3.14, the word is hupuzo as shown below. Relate this to 2nd birth. We all have been bitten by the serpent in our own personal wilderness of sin. To live again, we must behold the Lamb lifted up on the bloody cross, who became the very image of evil, the serpent in the Garden...and in His death & resurrection, fulfilled Genesis 3.15.
Some of these appear in the definitions above. Five, however, are of special importance. (1) rāʾâ designates the saving, understanding, believing acceptance of the Word of God as delivered by his accredited messengers. In Isa 6:10 to see with the eyes is to hear God’s Word, to understand it, and to turn to him.5312. ὑψόω hupsóō; contracted hupsṓ, fut. hupsṓsō, from húpsos (5311), height. To heighten, raise high, elevate, lift up. Trans.:
(I) Particularly of the brazen serpent and also of Jesus on the cross (John 3:14; 8:28; Sept .: of water, Gen. 7:17; of a wall, 2 Chr. 33:14; of hands, Dan. 12:7). Hence Jesus is further said to be lifted up from the earth and exalted to heaven (with allusion to His death on the cross John 12:32, 34); exalted to the right hand of God.1
Sept Sept (Septuagint)
1 Zodhiates, S. (2000) The complete word study dictionary: New Testament. electronic ed. Chattanooga, TN: AMG Publishers.
11 Culver, R.D. (1999) “2095 רָאָה,” Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. electronic ed. Edited by R.L. Harris, G.L. Archer Jr., and B.K. Waltke. Chicago: Moody Press.