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Numbers 15:29-37 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

29. The law will be the same for anyone who does wrong without meaning to, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.

30-31. But if one of you does wrong on purpose, whether Israelite or foreigner, you have sinned against me by disobeying my laws. You will be sent away and will no longer live among the people of Israel.

32. Once, while the Israelites were travelling through the desert, a man was caught gathering firewood on the Sabbath.

33. He was taken to Moses, Aaron, and the rest of the community.

34. But no one knew what to do with him, so he was not allowed to leave.

35. Then the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people to take that man outside the camp and stone him to death!”

36. So he was killed, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.

37. The Lord told Moses

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