Numbers 15:36
34 And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
35 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.
And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
37 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
38 Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
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
- So the whole congregation took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- KJV
- And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.
- WEB
- All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as the LORD commanded Moses.
- ASV
- And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him to death with stones; as Jehovah commanded Moses.
- DARBY
- And the whole assembly led him outside the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as Jehovah had commanded Moses.
- BLB
- And all the congregation brought him to the outside of the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as YHWH had commanded Moses.
- ÅB
- Så førte hele menigheten ham utenfor leiren og steinet ham, så han døde, slik som Herren hadde befalt Moses.
- OTB
- Så tok forsamlingen ham utenfor leiren og henrettet ham ved steining, som Herren hadde befalt Moses.
- B1930
- Så førte hele menigheten ham utenfor leiren og stenet ham, så han døde, således som Herren hadde befalt Moses.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Joshua 7:25
And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
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