Numbers 15:36

And when they had led him out, they overwhelmed him with stones, and he died, just as the Lord had instructed.

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In The King James Version

And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

In Context

35And the Lord said to Moses, “Let that man be put to death; let the entire crowd crush him with stones, outside the camp.”

37The Lord also said to Moses:

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:13And bringing forward two men, sons of the devil, they caused them to sit opposite him. And they, acting indeed like diabolical men, spoke testimony against him before the multitude: “Naboth has blasphemed God and king.” For this reason, they led him away, beyond the city, and they put him to death by stoning.

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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