Numbers 15:32

Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.

In Context

31Because he had no respect for the word of the Lord, and did not keep his law, that man will be cut off without mercy and his sin will be on him.

33And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:23And he said, This is what the Lord has said, Tomorrow is a day of rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord: what has to be cooked may be cooked; and what is over, put on one side to be kept till the morning.

Exodus 20:8Keep in memory the Sabbath and let it be a holy day.

Exodus 35:2Six days let work be done, but the seventh day is to be a holy day to you, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever does any work on that day is to be put to death.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 15:31-37

Doom of Presumptuous Sinners. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. 31 Because he hath despised the word of the Lord , and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. 32 And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33 And they that… Read the whole commentary →

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