Numbers 15:32-36

Common English Bible

Instructions for Sabbath observance

³² When the Israelites were in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. ³³ Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the entire community. ³⁴ They placed him in custody, because it wasn’t clear what should be done to him. ³⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses: The man should be put to death. The entire community should stone him outside the camp. ³⁶ The entire community took him outside the camp and stoned him. He died as the Lord had commanded Moses.