And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah.
Ver. 41. Pitched in Zalmonah.] Of Zelem; signifying an image; so called because there the people, stung by fiery serpents, not by little dragons sprung out of their own bodies, as Fontunius Licetus a will have it, looked up to the brazen serpent, by God's command, and were healed. Numbers 21:5 ; Num 21:9 Joh 3:16 1Co 10:9
a De Spontan. Vivent. Ortu., lib. iii. cap. 51.