Numbers 15:34
“And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.”
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Numbers 15:34 Context
32¶ And while the children of Israel were in the wildernes, they found a man that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath day. 33And they that found him gathering sticks, brought him vnto Moses and Aaron, and vnto all the Congregation. 34And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 35And the Lord said vnto Moses, The man shall bee surely put to death: all the Congregation shall stone him with stones without the campe. 36And all the Cogregation brought him without the campe, and stoned him with stones, and he died, as the Lord commanded Moses.
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Other Translations for Numbers 15:34
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
- King James Version
and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.
- Basic English Bible
And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.
- Darby Bible
And they put him in custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
- Webster's Bible
They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
- World English Bible
and they place him in ward, for it [is] not explained what is [to be] done to him.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 15:34
15:34 They - That is, Moses and Aaron, and the seventy rulers. What should be done - That is, in what manner he was to be cut off, or by what kind of death he was to die, which therefore God here particularly determines: otherwise it was known in general that sabbath - breakers were to be put to death.