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Selected Verse: Numbers 15:32 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 15:32 |
Strong Concordance |
And while the children [01121] of Israel [03478] were in the wilderness [04057], they found [04672] a man [0376] that gathered [07197] sticks [06086] upon the sabbath [07676] day [03117]. |
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King James |
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day--This incident is evidently narrated as an instance of presumptuous sin. The mere gathering of sticks was not a sinful act and might be necessary for fuel to warm him or to make ready his food. But its being done on the Sabbath altered the entire character of the action. The law of the Sabbath being a plain and positive commandment, this transgression of it was a known and wilful sin, and it was marked by several aggravations. For the deed was done with unblushing boldness in broad daylight, in open defiance of the divine authority--in flagrant inconsistency with His religious connection with Israel, as the covenant-people of God; and it was an application to improper purposes of time, which God had consecrated to Himself and the solemn duties of religion. The offender was brought before the rulers, who, on hearing the painful report, were at a loss to determine what ought to be done. That they should have felt any embarrassment in such a case may seem surprising, in the face of the sabbath law (Exo 31:14). Their difficulty probably arose from this being the first public offense of the kind which had occurred; and the appeal might be made to remove all ground of complaint--to produce a more striking effect, so that the fate of this criminal might be a beacon to warn all Israelites in the future. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Moses mentions here, as is his wont (compare Lev 24:10-16), the first open transgression and its punishment in order to exemplify the laws which he is laying down. The offence of Sabbath-breaking was one for which there could be no excuse. This law at least might be observed even in the wilderness. Transgression of it was therefore a presumptuous sin, and was punished accordingly. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The History of the Sabbath-Breaker is no doubt inserted here as a practical illustration of sinning "with a high hand." It shows, too, at the same time, how the nation, as a whole, was impressed with the inviolable sanctity of the Lord's day. From the words with which it is introduced, "and the children of Israel were in the wilderness," all that can be gathered is, that the occurrence took place at the time when Israel was condemned to wander about in the wilderness for forty years. They found a man gathering sticks in the desert on the Sabbath, and brought him as an open transgressor of the law of the Sabbath before Moses and Aaron and the whole congregation, i.e., the college of elders, as the judicial authorities of the congregation (Exo 18:25.). They kept him in custody, like the blasphemer in Lev 24:12, because it had not yet been determined what was to be done to him. It is true that it had already been laid down in Exo 31:14-15, and Exo 35:2, that any breach of the law of the Sabbath should be punished by death and extermination, but the mode had not yet been prescribed. This was done now, and Jehovah commanded stoning (see Lev 20:2), which was executed upon the criminal without delay. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| On the sabbath - day - This seems to be added as an example of a presumptuous sin: for as the law of the sabbath was plain and positive, so this transgression of it must needs be a known and wilful sin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath - This was in all likelihood a case of that kind supposed above: the man despised the word of the Lord, and therefore broke his commandment; see Num 15:31. On this ground he was punished with the utmost rigor of the law. |
14 Ye shall keep [08104] the sabbath [07676] therefore; for it is holy [06944] unto you: every one that defileth [02490] it shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191]: for whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] therein, that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].
10 And the son [01121] of an Israelitish [03482] woman [0802], whose father [01121] was an Egyptian [0376] [04713], went out [03318] among [08432] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] [03481]: and this son [01121] of the Israelitish [03482] woman and a man [0376] of Israel [03478] strove together [05327] in the camp [04264];
11 And the Israelitish [03482] woman's [0802] son [01121] blasphemed [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, and cursed [07043]. And they brought [0935] him unto Moses [04872]: (and his mother's [0517] name [08034] was Shelomith [08019], the daughter [01323] of Dibri [01704], of the tribe [04294] of Dan [01835]:)
12 And they put [03240] him in ward [04929], that the mind [06310] of the LORD [03068] might be shewed [06567] them.
13 And the LORD [03068] spake [01696] unto Moses [04872], saying [0559],
14 Bring forth [03318] him that hath cursed [07043] without [02351] the camp [04264]; and let all that heard [08085] him lay [05564] their hands [03027] upon his head [07218], and let all the congregation [05712] stone [07275] him.
15 And thou shalt speak [01696] unto the children [01121] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Whosoever [0376] curseth [03588] [07043] his God [0430] shall bear [05375] his sin [02399].
16 And he that blasphemeth [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191], and all the congregation [05712] shall certainly [07275] stone [07275] him: as well the stranger [01616], as he that is born in the land [0249], when he blasphemeth [05344] the name [08034] of the LORD, shall be put to death [04191].
2 Again, thou shalt say [0559] to the children [01121] of Israel [03478], Whosoever [0376] he be of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], or of the strangers [01616] that sojourn [01481] in Israel [03478], that giveth [05414] any of his seed [02233] unto Molech [04432]; he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191]: the people [05971] of the land [0776] shall stone [07275] him with stones [068].
2 Six [08337] days [03117] shall work [04399] be done [06213], but on the seventh [07637] day [03117] there shall be to you an holy day [06944], a sabbath [07676] of rest [07677] to the LORD [03068]: whosoever doeth [06213] work [04399] therein shall be put to death [04191].
14 Ye shall keep [08104] the sabbath [07676] therefore; for it is holy [06944] unto you: every one that defileth [02490] it shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191]: for whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] therein, that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from among [07130] his people [05971].
15 Six [08337] days [03117] may work [04399] be done [06213]; but in the seventh [07637] is the sabbath [07676] of rest [07677], holy [06944] to the LORD [03068]: whosoever doeth [06213] any work [04399] in the sabbath [07676] day [03117], he shall surely [04191] be put to death [04191].
12 And they put [03240] him in ward [04929], that the mind [06310] of the LORD [03068] might be shewed [06567] them.
25 And Moses [04872] chose [0977] able [02428] men [0582] out of all Israel [03478], and made [05414] them heads [07218] over the people [05971], rulers [08269] of thousands [0505], rulers [08269] of hundreds [03967], rulers [08269] of fifties [02572], and rulers [08269] of tens [06235].
31 Because he hath despised [0959] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], and hath broken [06565] his commandment [04687], that soul [05315] shall utterly [03772] be cut off [03772]; his iniquity [05771] shall be upon him.