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Numbers 15:31-33
Contemporary English Version
Numbers 15:31-33
Contemporary English Version
30-31 But if one of you does wrong on purpose, whether Israelite or foreigner, you have sinned against me by disobeying my laws. You will no longer belong to my people.
A Man Put to Death for Gathering Firewood on the Sabbath
32 Once, while the Israelites were traveling through the desert, a man was caught gathering firewood on the Sabbath.[a] 33 He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the community.
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- 15.32 a man … Sabbath: No work was to be done on the Sabbath (see Exodus 31.12-17).
Numbers 15:31-33
New International Version
Numbers 15:31-33
New International Version
31 Because they have despised(A) the Lord’s word and broken his commands,(B) they must surely be cut off; their guilt remains on them.(C)’”
The Sabbath-Breaker Put to Death
32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness,(D) a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day.(E) 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and the whole assembly,
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