The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death

³² While the Israelites were in the wilderness,^(A) a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.^(B)

² For six days, work is to be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a day of sabbath^(A) rest to the Lord. Whoever does any work on it is to be put to death.^{(B) 3} Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.^(C)”

¹⁴ “‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death;^(A) those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. ¹⁵ For six days work^(B) is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest,^(C) holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death.

²⁷ Nevertheless, some of the people went out on the seventh day to gather it, but they found none. ²⁸ Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you^[a] refuse to keep my commands^(A) and my instructions?

²³ He said to them, “This is what the Lord commanded: ‘Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath^(A) to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.’”