Numbers 15:32-41

English Standard Version

A Sabbathbreaker Executed

³²While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man ^(A)gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. ³³And those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. ³⁴^(B)They put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him. ³⁵And the Lord said to Moses, ^(C)“The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall ^(D)stone him with stones outside the camp.” ³⁶And all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Tassels on Garments

³⁷The Lord said to Moses, ³⁸“Speak to the people of Israel, and tell them to ^(E)make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. ³⁹And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, ^(F)not to follow^[a] after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined ^(G)to whore after. ⁴⁰So you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be ^(H)holy to your God. ⁴¹^(I)I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord your God.”