Numbers 15:35

35 And the Lord said to Moses, This man die by death; all the company oppress him with stones without the tents. (And the Lord said to Moses, This man must be put to death; take him away from the tents, and have all the people kill him with stones.)

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 they brought him to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the multitude;

34 the which closed, or put, him into prison, and they knew not what they should do to him. (and they enclosed him in prison, and they did not know what they should do with him.)

35 And the Lord said to Moses, This man die by death; all the company oppress him with stones without the tents. (And the Lord said to Moses, This man must be put to death; take him away from the tents, and have all the people kill him with stones.)

36 And when they had led him withoutforth, they killed him with stones, and (so) he was dead, as the Lord commanded (to Moses).

37 Also the Lord said to Moses,