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Numbers 15:35 And the LORD said to Moses, "The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp."
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The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/15.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must be put to death! The whole community must stone him outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/15.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/15.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/15.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/15.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man shall certainly be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD told Moses, “The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD told Moses, “The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/15.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, "Tell the people to take that man outside the camp and stone him to death!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/15.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, "This man must be put to death. The whole community must take him outside the camp and stone him."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/15.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must be put to death; the whole community is to stone him to death outside the camp." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/15.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD told Moses, "The man is certainly to die. The entire community is to stone him to death outside the camp." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, ?The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/15.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/15.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to Moses, “The man is certainly put to death [by] all the congregation stoning him with stones at the outside of the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to Moses, Dying, the man shall die: all the assembly stoned him with stones without the camp.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses: Let that man die, let all the multitude stone him without the camp. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses, “Let that man be put to death; let the entire crowd crush him with stones, outside the camp.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/15.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses: This man shall be put to death; let the whole community stone him outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him outside the camp.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall be surely put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/15.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe: “The man to be killed will be killed; all of the assembly shall certainly stone him with stones outside of the camp.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/15.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses: 'The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/15.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Let the man be by all means put to death: <i>do ye</i> all the congregation, stone him with stones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/15-35.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=4970" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/15.htm">A Sabbath-Breaker Stoned</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">34</span>and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody. <span class="reftext">35</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: hā·’îš (Art:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">“The man</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: mō·wṯ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill.">must surely be put to death.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4191.htm" title="4191: yū·maṯ (V-Hofal-Imperf-3ms) -- To die. A primitive root: to die; causatively, to kill."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">The whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: hā·‘ê·ḏāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/7275.htm" title="7275: rā·ḡō·wm (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To stone, kill by stoning. A primitive root; to cast together, i.e. To lapidate.">is to stone</a> <a href="/hebrew/68.htm" title="68: ḇā·’ă·ḇā·nîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-fp) -- A stone. From the root of banah through the meaning to build; a stone."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">outside</a> <a href="/hebrew/4264.htm" title="4264: lam·ma·ḥă·neh (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- An encampment, camp. From chanah; an encampment; hence, an army, whether literal or figurative.">the camp.”</a> </span><span class="reftext">36</span>So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Exodus 31:14-15</a></span><br />Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people. / For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/35-2.htm">Exodus 35:2</a></span><br />For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/24-10.htm">Leviticus 24:10-23</a></span><br />Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. / The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) / They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/5-12.htm">Deuteronomy 5:12-15</a></span><br />Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2-7</a></span><br />If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant / and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden— / and if it is reported and you hear about it, you must investigate it thoroughly. If the report is true and such an abomination has happened in Israel, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15-18</a></span><br />In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/17-21.htm">Jeremiah 17:21-27</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. / Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-12.htm">Ezekiel 20:12-13</a></span><br />I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. / Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-20.htm">Ezekiel 20:20-21</a></span><br />Keep My Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us, so that you may know that I am the LORD your God.’ / But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-1.htm">Matthew 12:1-8</a></span><br />At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. / When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-10.htm">Matthew 12:10-12</a></span><br />and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” / He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? / How much more valuable is a man than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/2-23.htm">Mark 2:23-28</a></span><br />One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along. / So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-1.htm">Luke 6:1-5</a></span><br />One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. / But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-14.htm">Luke 13:14-16</a></span><br />But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.” / “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water? / Then should not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be released from her bondage on the Sabbath day?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/5-9.htm">John 5:9-18</a></span><br />Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day, / so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.” / But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.</p><p class="hdg">the man</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/31-14.htm">Exodus 31:14,15</a></b></br> Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it <i>is</i> holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth <i>any</i> work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people… </p><p class="hdg">stone him</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14,23</a></b></br> Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard <i>him</i> lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-13.htm">1 Kings 21:13</a></b></br> And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, <i>even</i> against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a></b></br> And cast <i>him</i> out of the city, and stoned <i>him</i>: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/15-33.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/14-44.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/numbers/15-33.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/15-33.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/14-43.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/14-37.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/numbers/14-10.htm">Stoning</a> <a href="/numbers/15-31.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/numbers/14-44.htm">Tent-Circle</a> <a href="/numbers/15-33.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Company</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Death</a> <a href="/numbers/16-13.htm">Die</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Stone</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Stones</a> <a href="/joshua/7-25.htm">Stoning</a> <a href="/numbers/18-15.htm">Surely</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Tent-Circle</a> <a href="/numbers/15-36.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 15</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-1.htm">The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-14.htm">The stranger is under the same law</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-17.htm">The law of the first of the dough</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-22.htm">The sacrifice for sins of ignorance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">The punishment of presumption</a></span><br><span class="reftext">32. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-32.htm">He who violated the Sabbath is stoned</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/15-37.htm">The law of tassels</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/15.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/15.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And the LORD said to Moses</b><br>This phrase indicates direct divine communication, a common occurrence in the Pentateuch where God speaks to Moses as the leader of Israel. It underscores Moses' role as a mediator between God and the people. This divine instruction reflects the theocratic nature of Israel's governance, where God's law is supreme.<p><b>The man must surely be put to death</b><br>The severity of the punishment highlights the importance of obedience to God's commandments, specifically the Sabbath law. In the context of <a href="/numbers/15.htm">Numbers 15</a>, this incident follows a section on unintentional sins, contrasting with the willful disobedience of the Sabbath breaker. The death penalty underscores the holiness of the Sabbath, a day set apart since creation (<a href="/genesis/2-2.htm">Genesis 2:2-3</a>) and reiterated in the Ten Commandments (<a href="/exodus/20-8.htm">Exodus 20:8-11</a>).<p><b>The whole congregation is to stone him</b><br>Stoning was a communal act of execution, emphasizing collective responsibility in upholding God's law. It served as a deterrent and a means of purging evil from the community (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-7.htm">Deuteronomy 17:7</a>). This method of execution is seen in other parts of the Old Testament for various offenses (<a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14-16</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/13-10.htm">Deuteronomy 13:10</a>).<p><b>outside the camp</b><br>Executing the punishment outside the camp signifies the removal of sin from the midst of the people, maintaining the purity of the camp where God's presence dwelt (<a href="/leviticus/24-14.htm">Leviticus 24:14</a>, <a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12-13</a>). This practice foreshadows the New Testament concept of Jesus being crucified outside the city, bearing the sins of the world (<a href="/john/19-17.htm">John 19:17-20</a>, <a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The sovereign God of Israel, who gives the command regarding the punishment for breaking the Sabbath.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who receives God's command and communicates it to the people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_man.htm">The Man</a></b><br>An unnamed individual who violated the Sabbath by gathering wood, thus breaking God's commandment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_congregation.htm">The Congregation</a></b><br>The assembly of the Israelites who are instructed to carry out the punishment.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/outside_the_camp.htm">Outside the Camp</a></b><br>The designated place for carrying out the execution, symbolizing the removal of sin from the community.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sanctity_of_the_sabbath.htm">The Sanctity of the Sabbath</a></b><br>The Sabbath is a holy day set apart by God, and its observance is a sign of the covenant between God and His people. Violating it was a serious offense, reflecting the importance of obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>The punishment for gathering wood on the Sabbath may seem severe, but it underscores the seriousness with which God views sin and disobedience. It serves as a reminder of the need for holiness and reverence for God's laws.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a></b><br>The entire congregation was involved in carrying out the punishment, indicating that maintaining holiness was a communal responsibility. This principle can be applied today in how the church addresses sin within its community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_justice_and_mercy.htm">God's Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>While the punishment was severe, it reflects God's justice. However, through Christ, we see the fulfillment of the law and the extension of God's mercy, offering forgiveness and grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>Moses' role in communicating and enforcing God's command highlights the importance of godly leadership in guiding and maintaining the spiritual health of a community.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_15.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 15</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_grigori_angels.htm">Who was Korah in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_sabbath-breaking_punished_severely.htm">Why does Exodus 20:8-11 mandate strict Sabbath observance, yet elsewhere in Scripture (e.g., Numbers 15:32-36) the penalty for Sabbath-breaking appears more severe?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_highlight_rechabites'_unique_obedience.htm">Jeremiah 35:14 - Why does this narrative emphasize the Rechabites' obedience as exceptional, when the broader biblical context frequently speaks of faithful believers?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_caleb_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Caleb in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 35.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Without the camp.</span> That it might not be defiled (cf. <a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58</a>, and <a href="/hebrews/13-12.htm">Hebrews 13:12</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/15-35.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses,</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“The man</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאִ֑ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must surely be put to death.</span><br /><span class="heb">מ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4191.htm">Strong's 4191: </a> </span><span class="str2">To die, to kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">The entire</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">congregation</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣עֵדָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ê·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> </span><span class="str2">A stated assemblage</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is to stone</span><br /><span class="heb">רָג֨וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(rā·ḡō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7275.htm">Strong's 7275: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cast together, to lapidate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹת֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">outside</span><br /><span class="heb">מִח֖וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(mi·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the camp.”</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lam·ma·ḥă·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4264.htm">Strong's 4264: </a> </span><span class="str2">An encampment, an army</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/15-35.htm">Numbers 15:35 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/15-35.htm">OT Law: Numbers 15:35 Yahweh said to Moses The man shall (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/15-34.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 15:34"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 15:34" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/15-36.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 15:36"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 15:36" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>