Numbers 15:35

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.”

Numbers 15:35 in Other Translations

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.

35 And the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must be put to death! The whole community must stone him outside the camp.”

35 Then God spoke to Moses: "Give the man the death penalty. Yes, kill him, the whole community hurling stones at him outside the camp."

35 And Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "This man must be put to death. The whole community must take him outside the camp and stone him."

35 Then the Lord told Moses, "The man is to be put to death. The entire community is to stone him outside the camp."

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must die. The whole community must kill him by throwing stones at him. They must do it outside the camp."

Numbers 15:35 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:35

And the Lord said unto Moses
Who consulted the Lord upon this affair, in the tabernacle, even at the most holy place, from above the mercy seat, where he promised to meet him, and commune with him about whatsoever he should consult him, ( Exodus 25:22 ) ;

the man shall surely be put to death;
for as no fire was to be made throughout their habitations on a sabbath day, gathering sticks for such a purpose was a work that was a violation of the sabbath, punishable with death, ( Exodus 35:2 Exodus 35:3 ) ; and the kind of death follows:

all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp;
as afterwards without the city: of the place and manner of stoning, (See Gill on Acts 7:58).

Numbers 15:35 In-Context

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

34 and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.”

36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.

37 The LORD said to Moses,

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 31:14,15; Deuteronomy 21:21
• 2. S Leviticus 20:2; Leviticus 24:14; Luke 4:29; Acts 7:58