Numbers 15:34

and they place him in ward, for it [is] not explained what is [to be] done to him.

Young's Literal Translation

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 finding him gathering wood bring him near unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company,

35And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.'

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Cross References

Exodus 18:15And Moses saith to his father-in-law, 'Because the people come unto me to seek God;

Numbers 9:8And Moses saith unto them, 'Stand ye, and I hear what Jehovah hath commanded concerning 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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