Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
When the {Israelites} were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath.
New American Standard Bible
Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man
King James Version
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
Holman Bible
While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
International Standard Version
As it was when the Israelis were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
A Conservative Version
And while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day.
American Standard Version
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.
Amplified
Now while the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
Bible in Basic English
Now while the children of Israel were in the waste land, they saw a man who was getting sticks on the Sabbath day.
Darby Translation
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
Julia Smith Translation
And the sons of Israel shall be in the desert, and they shall find a man gathering wood in the day of the Sabbath.
King James 2000
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
Modern King James verseion
And while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the Sabbath day.
NET Bible
When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
New Heart English Bible
While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
The Emphasized Bible
While the sons of Israel were in the desert, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day.
Webster
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath-day.
World English Bible
While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day,
Themes
Desecration of the sabbath » Death penalty for
journey of israel through the Desert » Returned by the way to the red sea » Sabbath breaker stoned
Legislation » Supplemental, concerning sabbath-breaking
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Desecrating » Sabbath day
Sabbath » Desecration of, under the mosaic law » Death penalty for
Sabbath » Observance of » By moses
Sabbath » Violations of » Gathering sticks
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Numbers 15:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Deliberate Sin
31 Because he despised the word of Yahweh and broke his command, that person will be surely cut off and bear the guilt.'" 32 When the {Israelites} were in the desert, they found a man who was gathering wood on the day of the Sabbath. 33 The ones who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and to all the community.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 35:2-3
[On] six days work can be done, and on the seventh there will be for you a holy [day], a {Sabbath of complete rest}, for Yahweh; anyone doing work on it will be put to death.
Exodus 16:23
And he said to them, "This is what Yahweh has said. Tomorrow [is] a rest period, a holy Sabbath for Yahweh. Bake what you [want to] bake, and boil what you [want to] boil. Put aside all the surplus for yourselves for safekeeping until the morning."
Exodus 16:27-28
And on the seventh day [some] of the people went out to gather, and they did not find [any].
Exodus 20:8-10
"Remember the day of the Sabbath, to consecrate it.
Exodus 31:14-15
And you must keep the Sabbath, because it is holy for you; defilers of it will surely be put to death, because anyone who does work on it--that person will be cut off from among his people.