Numbers 15:36 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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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✦ MADE SIMPLE

So the whole community took him outside the camp and threw stones at him until he died, just as the LORD had told Moses to do.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

The writer is describing how the Israelites carried out God's judgment by executing a man who had broken the Sabbath law, following God's specific instructions to Moses.

📚 Historical Context

This verse concludes the account of a man who was caught gathering sticks on the Sabbath day while the Israelites were in the wilderness. Since this was the first recorded case of Sabbath-breaking, Moses had to ask God directly what the punishment should be. God commanded that the man be stoned to death as an example to the entire community about the seriousness of violating His laws.

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