Números 15:34

34 E o meteram em prisão, porquanto ainda não estava declarado o que se lhe devia fazer.

Números 15:34 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:34

And they put him in ward
In a certain prison in the camp; perhaps the same in which the blasphemer was put, ( Leviticus 24:12 ) ; and for much the same reason:

because it was not declared what should be done to him:
that is, what kind of death he should die, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; it had been before declared that the sabbath breaker should die, but not what death he should die, ( Exodus 31:15 ) ( 35:2 ) ; though some think it was a matter of doubt whether gathering of sticks was a breach of the sabbath, or at least such a breach of it as required death; and the answer of the Lord seems to confirm this sense, as follows.

Números 15:34 In-Context

32 Estando, pois, os filhos de Israel no deserto, acharam um homem apanhando lenha no dia de sábado.

33 E os que o acharam apanhando lenha trouxeram-no a Moisés e a Arão, e a toda a congregação.

34 E o meteram em prisão, porquanto ainda não estava declarado o que se lhe devia fazer.

35 Então disse o Senhor a Moisés: certamente será morto o homem; toda a congregação o apedrejará fora do arraial.

36 Levaram-no, pois, para fora do arraial, e o apedrejaram, de modo que ele morreu; como o Senhor ordenara a Moisés.