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Numbers 15:35-37
New English Translation
Numbers 15:35-37
New English Translation
35 Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone[a] him with stones outside the camp.” 36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death,[b] just as the Lord commanded Moses.
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37 The Lord spoke to Moses:
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- Numbers 15:35 tn The sentence begins with the emphatic use of the infinitive absolute with the verb in the Hophal imperfect: “he shall surely be put to death.” Then, a second infinitive absolute רָגוֹם (ragom) provides the explanatory activity—all the community is to stone him with stones. The punishment is consistent with other decrees from God (see Exod 31:14, 15; 35:2). Moses had either forgotten such, or they had simply neglected to (or were hesitant to) enact them.
- Numbers 15:36 tn Heb “stoned him with stones, and he died.”
Numbers 15:35-37
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Numbers 15:35-37
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