Numbers 15:36

36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 15:36 in Other Translations

36 And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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

36 So the whole community took the man outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and threw stones at him, an execution commanded by God and given through Moses.

36 So the entire community brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death, 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 kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.

35 Then the LORD said to Moses, “The man must die. The whole assembly must stone him outside the camp.”

36 So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the LORD commanded Moses.

37 The LORD said to Moses,

38 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘Throughout the generations to come you are to make tassels on the corners of your garments, with a blue cord on each tassel.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 20:2
• 2. S Exodus 31:14
• 3. Jeremiah 17:21