Numbers 15:34

They kept him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done with him.

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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 him brought him to Moses, Aaron, and all the community.

35Then Yahweh said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. All the community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”

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Cross References

Exodus 18:15Moses said to his father-in-law, “The people come to me to ask for God's direction.

Numbers 9:8Moses said to them, “Wait for me to hear what Yahweh will instruct 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 →

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