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Numbers 15:35-36

Yahweh said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.” All the congregation brought him outside of the camp, and stoned him to death with stones, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

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

  • KJV King James Version

    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.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    And the LORD said unto Moses: 'The man shall surely be 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.

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Cross-references (9)

  • Exodus 31:14-15 (v35) You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any…
  • Acts 7:58 (v35) They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  • 1 Kings 21:13 (v35) The two men, the wicked fellows, came in and sat before him. The wicked fellows testified against him, even against Naboth, in the presence…
  • Leviticus 24:14-16 (v35) “Bring him who cursed out of the camp; and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. You…
  • Leviticus 24:23 (v35) Moses spoke to the children of Israel; and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp, and stoned him with stones. The children of…
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  • Deuteronomy 21:21 (v35) All the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall remove the evil from among you. All Israel shall hear, and fear.
  • Leviticus 20:2 (v35) “Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, ‘Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel,…
  • Joshua 7:25 (v36) Joshua said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you today.” All Israel stoned him with stones, and they burned them with fire…
  • Hebrews 13:11-12 (v35) For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside…

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv35–36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp,....…

And all the congregation brought him without the camp,.... What was done by the order of Moses and the seventy elders is said to be done by the whole congregation, though it was by a few persons only the man was actually brought out, who were the proper officers to do such business:

and stoned him with stones, and he died: stoned him to death:

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as the Lord commanded Moses: at the time he consulted him in the sanctuary, which he acquainted the court with, and they immediately ordered the execution, which was accordingly done.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v36 Verse 36. Stoned him] See Clarke on Le 24:23.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v35 Num 15:35. The man shall surely be put to…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v35 The Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv35–36 35. All the congregation — Only where the executive…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv35–36 Without the camp. That it might not be defiled.…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v35 The man must surely be put to death
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