Numbers 15 · Verse 35

Numbers 15:35

And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
Numbers 15:35, King James Version

Numbers 15:35 in other translations

BSBAnd the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.”
WEBThe LORD said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones outside of the camp.”
ASVAnd Jehovah said unto Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.
YLTAnd Jehovah saith unto Moses, ‘The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah said to Moses, The man shall certainly be put to death: the whole assembly shall stone him with stones outside the camp.
BBEThen the Lord said to Moses, Certainly the man is to be put to death: let him be stoned by all the people outside the tent-circle.
WebsterAnd the LORD said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

What does Numbers 15:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 15:35-36
35-36. The Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death--The Lord was King, as well as God of Israel, and the offense being a violation of the law of the realm, the Sovereign Judge gave orders that this man should be put to death; and, moreover, He required the whole congregation unite in executing the fatal sentence.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 15:30-36

Those are to be reckoned presumptuous sinners, who sin designedly against God's will and glory. Sins thus committed are exceedingly sinful. He that thus breaks the commandment reproaches the Lord. He also despises the word of the Lord. Presumptuous sinners despise it, thinking themselves too great, too good, and too wise, to be ruled by it. A particular instance of presumption in the sin of sabbath-breaking is…

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Numbers 15:35 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶל\־'el-toH413
מֹשֶׁ֔הmo.ShehMosesH4872
מ֥וֹתMotcertainly <to die>H4191
יוּמַ֖תyu.Mathe will be put to deathH4191
הָאִ֑ישׁha.'Ishthe manH376
רָג֨וֹםra.Gomit will stoneH7275
אֹת֤וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
בָֽאֲבָנִים֙va.'a.va.Nimwith <the> stonesH68
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הָ֣עֵדָ֔הha.'e.Dahthe congregationH5712
מִח֖וּץmi.Chutzfrom [the] outsideH2351
לַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה\׃La.ma.cha.Nehof the campH4264

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Numbers 15:35

  • Exodus 31:14-15

    Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.

  • Acts 7:58

    And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

  • 1 Kings 21:13

    And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.

  • Leviticus 24:14-16

    Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death.

  • Leviticus 24:23

    And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the Lord commanded Moses.

  • Deuteronomy 21:21

    And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

  • Hebrews 13:11-12

    For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

  • Leviticus 20:2

    Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The man.
Ex 31:14,15
stone him.
Le 24:14,23; 1Ki 21:13; Ac 7:58; Heb 13:11,12

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Context

  • Numbers 15:34

    And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

  • Numbers 15:35

    And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp.

  • Numbers 15:36

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

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Numbers 15:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y Jehová dijo á Moisés: Irremisiblemente muera aquel hombre; apedréelo con piedras toda la congregación fuera del campo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
– Et l’ Éternel dit à Moïse: L’homme sera mis à mort; que toute l’assemblée le lapide avec des pierres hors du camp.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Da sprach Jehova zu Mose: Der Mann soll gewißlich getötet werden; die ganze Gemeinde soll ihn außerhalb des Lagers steinigen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dixitque Dominus ad Moysen: Morte moriatur homo iste: obruat eum lapidibus omnis turba extra castra.