Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. New Living Translation One day while the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they discovered a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. English Standard Version While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. Berean Standard Bible While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. King James Bible And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. New King James Version Now while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. New American Standard Bible Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. NASB 1995 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. NASB 1977 Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. Legacy Standard Bible Now the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. Amplified Bible Now while the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Christian Standard Bible While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. Holman Christian Standard Bible While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on 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. Contemporary English Version Once, while the Israelites were traveling through the desert, a man was caught gathering firewood on the Sabbath. English Revised Version And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. GOD'S WORD® Translation While the Israelites were in the desert, they found a man gathering wood on the day of worship. Good News Translation Once, while the Israelites were still in the wilderness, a man was found gathering firewood on the Sabbath. 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. Majority Standard Bible While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day, Young's Literal Translation And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day, Smith's Literal 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. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd it came to pass, when the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and had found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day, Catholic Public Domain Version And it happened that, when the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, and they had found a man collecting wood on the day of the Sabbath, New American Bible While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was discovered gathering wood on the sabbath day. New Revised Standard Version When the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath day. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And the children of Israel were in the wilderness and they found one man when he gathered wood in the day of the Sabbath. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the children of Israel were in the wilderness, and they found a man gathering sticks on the sabbath-day. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Sabbath-Breaker Stoned32While the Israelites were in the wilderness, a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33Those who found the man gathering wood brought him to Moses, Aaron, and the whole congregation,… Cross References Exodus 31:14-15 Keep 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. / For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death. Exodus 35:2-3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day shall be your holy day, a Sabbath of complete rest to the LORD. Whoever does any work on that day must be put to death. / Do not light a fire in any of your dwellings on the Sabbath day.” Deuteronomy 5:12-15 Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. / Six days you shall labor and do all your work, / but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do. ... Nehemiah 13:15-22 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day. / Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem. / Then I rebuked the nobles of Judah and asked, “What is this evil you are doing—profaning the Sabbath day? ... Jeremiah 17:21-27 This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. / You must not carry a load out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day, but you must keep the Sabbath day holy, just as I commanded your forefathers. / Yet they would not listen or incline their ear, but they stiffened their necks and would not listen or receive My discipline. ... Isaiah 56:2 Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.” Ezekiel 20:12-13 I also gave them My Sabbaths as a sign between us, so that they would know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. / Yet the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not follow My statutes and they rejected My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they utterly profaned My Sabbaths. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and put an end to them in the wilderness. Leviticus 24:10-23 Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite. / The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) / They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them. ... 2 Kings 11:5-8 and commanded them, “This is what you are to do: A third of you who come on duty on the Sabbath shall guard the royal palace, / a third shall be at the gate of Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guards. You are to take turns guarding the temple— / the two divisions that would go off duty on the Sabbath are to guard the house of the LORD for the king. ... 2 Chronicles 36:21 So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah. Matthew 12:1-8 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them. / When the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath.” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ... Mark 2:23-28 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain as they walked along. / So the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? ... Luke 6:1-5 One Sabbath Jesus was passing through the grainfields, and His disciples began to pick the heads of grain, rub them in their hands, and eat them. / But some of the Pharisees asked, “Why are you doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?” / Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry? ... John 5:9-18 Immediately the man was made well, and he picked up his mat and began to walk. Now this happened on the Sabbath day, / so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.” / But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’” ... John 7:22-23 But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.) / If a boy can be circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses will not be broken, why are you angry with Me for making the whole man well on the Sabbath? Treasury of Scripture And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks on the sabbath day. they found a man. Exodus 16:23,27,28 And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning… Exodus 20:8-10 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy… Exodus 35:2,3 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death… Jump to Previous Children Desert Israel Israelites Sabbath Sabbath-Day Sticks Waste Wilderness WoodJump to Next Children Desert Israel Israelites Sabbath Sabbath-Day Sticks Waste Wilderness WoodNumbers 15 1. The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering14. The stranger is under the same law 17. The law of the first of the dough 22. The sacrifice for sins of ignorance 30. The punishment of presumption 32. He who violated the Sabbath is stoned 37. The law of tassels While the Israelites were in the wilderness This phrase sets the scene in the broader narrative of the Israelites' journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. The "wilderness" (Hebrew: מִדְבָּר, midbar) is not just a physical location but also a spiritual testing ground. It represents a place of dependence on God, where the Israelites learned to trust in His provision and guidance. Historically, the wilderness period was a formative time for the nation of Israel, shaping their identity and covenant relationship with God. a man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath day Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew While the Israelitesבְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son were וַיִּהְי֥וּ (way·yih·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be in the wilderness, בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר (bam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech a man אִ֛ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person was found וַֽיִּמְצְא֗וּ (way·yim·ṣə·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present gathering מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ (mə·qō·šêš) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7197: To forage for, straw, stubble, wood, to assemble wood עֵצִ֖ים (‘ê·ṣîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood on the Sabbath הַשַּׁבָּֽת׃ (haš·šab·bāṯ) Article | Noun - common singular Strong's 7676: Intermission, the Sabbath day. בְּי֥וֹם (bə·yō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3117: A day Links Numbers 15:32 NIVNumbers 15:32 NLT Numbers 15:32 ESV Numbers 15:32 NASB Numbers 15:32 KJV Numbers 15:32 BibleApps.com Numbers 15:32 Biblia Paralela Numbers 15:32 Chinese Bible Numbers 15:32 French Bible Numbers 15:32 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 15:32 While the children of Israel were (Nu Num.) |
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