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In the Bible, snakes are real animals and also a picture of deceit and danger. The serpent that deceived Eve (Genesis 3:1) is named in Revelation 12:9 as “the devil, or Satan,” and the bronze snake Moses lifted up (Numbers 21:8-9) is the comparison Jesus uses for his own lifting up (John 3:14-15). Elsewhere a snake’s venom stands for lying speech (Psalm 140:3), a snakebite for a danger no one escapes (Amos 5:19), and Jesus tells the disciples he sends…