Numbers 15:36

36 So the entire community brought him out to a place outside the camp, and {they stoned him to death} just as Yahweh 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 under watch because it was not made clear what should be done to him.

35 And Yahweh said to Moses, "Surely the man must be put to death by stoning him; all the community [must stone him] with stones from outside the camp."

36 So the entire community brought him out to a place outside the camp, and {they stoned him to death} just as Yahweh commanded Moses.

37 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

38 "Speak to the {Israelites}, and tell them to make for themselves tassels on the hems of their garments throughout their generations and to put a blue cord on the tassel of the hem.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "they stoned him with stones and he died"