Sabbath Violation

32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(A) 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the entire community. 34 They placed him in custody because it had not been decided what should be done to him. 35 Then the Lord told Moses, “The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp.”(B) 36 So the entire community brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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Violation of the Sabbath

32 When the Israelites[a] were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath. 33 The ones who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and to all the community. 34 And they put him under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him. 35 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Surely the man must be put to death by stoning him; all the community must stone him with stones from outside the camp.” 36 So the entire community brought him out to a place outside the camp, and they stoned him to death[b] just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:32 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  2. Numbers 15:36 Literally “they stoned him with stones and he died”