The record states: “It did occur that if a serpent had bitten a man and he gazed at the copper serpent, he then kept alive. ” ​ — Numbers 21: 4 - 10; 33: 43.
Jutustuses öeldakse: „Kui siis madu oli salvanud kedagi, aga too silmitses vaskmadu, siis ta jäi elama! ”.