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Numbers 15:35

Moses
JudgmentRest and sabbath

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

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

And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”

36 So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

37 Later, the LORD said to Moses,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
WEB
The LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”
ASV
And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
DARBY
And Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
BLB
And YHWH said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”
ÅB
Da sa Herren til Moses: Mannen skal late livet, hele menigheten skal steine ham utenfor leiren.
OTB
Da sa Herren til Moses: "Mannen må dø; hele forsamlingen skal steine ham utenfor leiren."
B1930
Da sa Herren til Moses: Mannen skal late livet, hele menigheten skal stene ham utenfor leiren.

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  • Exodus 31:14–15

    Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.

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  • Acts 7:58

    They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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  • 1 Kings 21:13

    And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.

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  • Leviticus 24:14–16

    “Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.

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  • Leviticus 24:23

    Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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  • Deuteronomy 21:21

    Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.

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  • Hebrews 13:11–12

    Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

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  • Leviticus 20:2

    “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

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