^4 (A)He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the ^[a]Asherah. He also broke in pieces ^(B)the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called ^[b]Nehushtan.

¹⁴ As ^(A)Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must ^(B)the Son of Man ^(C)be lifted up; ¹⁵ so that whoever ^[a]believes will ^(D)in Him have eternal life.