Numbers 15:33

33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community.

Numbers 15:33 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:33

And they that found him gathering sticks
Admonished him, as say the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, but he would not desist; wherefore they

brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation;
to Moses and Aaron, and to the seventy elders, who might be at this time met together, to hear, try, and judge causes; for it cannot be thought that the whole body of the people are meant; and it is most likely that it was not on the sabbath day, but the day following, that they brought the man to them, who were then sitting in the court; though Aben Ezra observes, that some say they brought him to them the first night.

Numbers 15:33 In-Context

31 That person has despised the word of the LORD and broken the LORD's command. He must be excluded completely. He remains guilty."
32 While the Israelites were in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on the day of worship.
33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole community.
34 They kept him in custody until they decided what to do with him.
35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "This man must be put to death. The whole community must take him outside the camp and stone him."
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