standing upon it, so as to be higher than all the
people, he stretched forth his hands,' and thus
again Israel acquired the mastery. But when
again he let down his hands, they were again
destroyed. For what reason ? That they might
know tliat they could not be saved unless they
put their trust in Him.^ And in another prophet
He declares, "All day long I have stretched
forth My hands to an unbelieving people, and one
that gainsays My righteous way." ^ 'And again
Moses makes a type of Jesus, [signifying] that
it was necessary for Him to suffer, [and also]
that He would be the author of life ■♦ [to others],
whom .they believed to have destroyed on the
cross 5 when Israel was falling. For since trans-
gression was committed by Eve through means
of the serpent, [the Lord] brought it to pass
that every [kind of] serpents bit them, and they
died,^ that He might convince them, that on ac-
count of their transgression they were given over
to the straits of death. Moreover Moses, when
he commanded, " Ye shall not have any graven
or molten [image] for your God," ^ did so that
he might reveal a type of Jesus. Moses then
makes a brazen serpent, and places it upon
a beam,** and by proclamation assembles the
people. When, therefore, they were come to-
gether, they besought Moses that he would offer
sacrifice ^ in their behalf, and pray for their re-
covery. And Moses spake unto them, saying,
" When any one of you is bitten, let him come
to the serpent placed on the pole ; and let him
hope and believe, that even though dead, it is
able to give him life, and immediately he shall
be restored." '° And they did so. Thou hast
in this also [an indication of] the glory of
Jesus ; for in Him and to Him are all things."
What, again, says Moses to Jesus (Joshua) the
son of Nave, when he gave him '^ this name, as
being a prophet, with this view only, that all the
people might hear that the Father would reveal
all things con-^erning His Son Jesus to the son '^
of Nave? This name then being given him
when he sent him to spy out the land, he said,
" Take a book into thy hands, and write what
the Lord declares, that the Son of God will in
the last days cut off from the roots all the house
of Amalek." ■•♦ Behold again : Jesus who was