Chukas 21:8 · unit 1 — make it from your own
Parashas Chukas · Passuk 21:8
The Complete Passuk
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֗ה עֲשֵׂ֤ה לְךָ֙ שָׂרָ֔ף וְשִׂ֥ים אֹת֖וֹ עַל־נֵ֑ס וְהָיָה֙ כָּל־הַנָּשׁ֔וּךְ וְרָאָ֥ה אֹת֖וֹ וָחָֽי׃
And Hashem said to Moshe: Make for yourself a fiery serpent and set it upon a pole, and it shall be that everyone who is bitten and looks at it shall live.
Chabad.org — 21:8
Source Citation
Torah Temimah: Avodah Zarah 44a
Sefaria — Avodah Zarah 44a
Core Text of Chazal
Core Text
עֲשֵׂה לְךָ – מִשֶּׁלְּךָ.
English: “Make for yourself” — from your own.
Type of Learning Precision of “lecha.”
What Is Learned The fiery serpent was to be made from Moshe’s own means.
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