Numbers 15:36

All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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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

35The LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”

37The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:13The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, “Naboth cursed God and the king!” Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him to death with stones.

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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