Numbers 15:35

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“And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.””

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BSBPD

“And the LORD said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death. The whole congregation is to stone him outside the camp.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `The man is certainly put to death, all the company stoning him with stones, at the outside of the camp.'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 15:35 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 31:14Keep the Sabbath, for it is holy to you. Anyone who profanes it must surely be put to death. Whoever does any work on that day must be cut off from among his people.
  2. Leviticus 20:2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
  3. Leviticus 24:14“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
  4. Leviticus 24:23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  5. Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
  6. 1 Kings 21:13And the two scoundrels came in and sat opposite Naboth, and these men testified against him before the people, saying, “Naboth has cursed both God and the king!” So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death.
  7. Acts 7:58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
  8. Hebrews 13:11Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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