Numbers 15:36

36 So all the congregation brought him outside * * the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:36 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:36

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:

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.

Numbers 15:36 In-Context

34 and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp."
36 So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
37 The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying,
38 "Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "with stones and he died"
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