Numbers 15:34
And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
In Context
33And those who saw him getting sticks took him before Moses and Aaron and all the people.
Cross References
Exodus 18:15And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to get directions from God:
Numbers 9:8And Moses said to them, Do nothing till the Lord gives me directions about you.
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 →