Numbers 15:34

and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

In Context

33Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,

35And 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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Cross References

Exodus 18:15“Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.

Numbers 9:8“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.

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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