6 Then the Lord sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died.
8 The Lord said to Moses, “Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.”
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=numbers+21%3A4-8&version=NIV
Here we saw that God said Moses to make a snake and lift it up so who so ever will see it, will not die
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Some of the people relate WHO symbol with that serpent of Moses, which is not correct. WHO has its own description regarding the symbol of snake.
Snake on WHO logo mean
The The staff with the snake has long been a symbol of medicine and the medical profession.
It originates from the story of Asclepius who was revered by the ancient Greeks as a god of healing and whose cult involved the use of snakes. (Asclepius, incidentally, was so successful at saving lives that, the legend goes, Hades the god of the underworld complained about him to the supreme god Zeus who, fearing that the healer might make humans immortal, killed Asclepius with a thunderbolt.)
(especially in the US), except the Rod of Caduceus has a pair of
snakes intertwined with wings on the tops. The Caduceus is associated with Hermes and is the symbol of commerce, the two snakes signifying diligence and prudence. One day, Hermes cane across two snake fighting and touch then with his rod to get them to stop. The snakes intertwined the rod without fighting, demonstrating peace. Diligence, prudence, and peace are said to be good traits for commerce.
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