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# Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up
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This figure of speech is called a simile. Some people will "lift up" Jesus just as Moses "lifted up" the bronze serpent in the wilderness. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# in the wilderness
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The wilderness is a dry, desert place, but here it refers specifically to the place where Moses and the Israelites walked around for forty years.