Numbers 15:34 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 15:34

and because it had not been declared what should be done to him, they placed him in custody.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Death had indeed been assigned as the penalty Exo 31:14; Exo 35:2; but it had not been determined how that death was to be inflicted.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ	vai.ya.Ni.chu	and they left	H5117 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> him	H853 →
בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר	ba.mish.Mar	in <the> custody	H4929 →
כִּ֚י	ki	for	H3588 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
פֹרַ֔שׁ	fo.Rash	it had been decided	H6567 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה	ye.'a.Seh	will it be done	H6213 →
לֽוֹ׃ ס	lo	to <the> him

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H5117vaiyanichuand they left142×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 9:8
“Wait here until I find out what the LORD commands concerning you,” Moses replied.
leads to
- Numbers 27:5
  So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 85:8
  I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.
- Hebrews 3:5–6
  Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
- Acts 20:27
  For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
Through
Leviticus 24:12
They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
leads to
- Exodus 18:15–16
  “Because the people come to me to inquire of God,” Moses replied.
- Numbers 36:5–6
  So at the word of the LORD, Moses commanded the Israelites: “The tribe of the sons of Joseph speaks correctly.
- Exodus 18:23
  If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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