Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 15:35
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.
35, 36. The Lord said unto Moses,The man shall be surely put to deathThe Lord was King, as wellas God of Israel, and the offense being a violation of the law of therealm, the Sovereign Judge gave orders that this man should be put todeath; and, moreover, He required the whole congregation unite inexecuting the fatal sentence.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And the Lord said unto Moses,…. Who consulted the Lord upon this affair, in the tabernacle, even at the most holy place, from above the mercy seat, where he promised to meet him, and commune with him about whatsoever he should consult him, Ex 25:22;
the man shall surely be put to death; for as no fire was to be made throughout their habitations on a sabbath day, gathering sticks for such a purpose was a work that was a violation of the sabbath, punishable with death, Ex 35:2; and the kind of death follows:
all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp; as afterwards without the city: of the place and manner of stoning,
[See comments on Ac 7:58].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
35. All the congregation Only where the executive is sustained by a high tone of public sentiment can all kinds of vice be punished. This is especially true of sabbath desecration and drunkenness.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Num 15:35. The man shall be surely put to death Though Moses very well knew, that those who defiled the sabbath-day, by doing any manner of servile work upon it, should die, (Exo 31:14; Exo 35:2.) yet he doubted by what kind of death, and in what manner, the present offender was to suffer, whether by the immediate hand of heaven, or by ordinary punishment. Consulting the Lord upon this, public stoning was appointed; accordingly, the offender was thus put to death: Num 15:36 not on the sabbath-day, for that was unlawful, but soon after Moses had received the answer from God. It is easy to conceive why the breach of the sabbath was so severely punished among the Jews; for their religion principally depended upon the observance of it. Indeed, all religion greatly depends upon the observance of it. In proportion as the sabbath is regarded or neglected by nations or individuals, their religious characters will be found better or worse in general.
REFLECTIONS.Every sin is deeply dangerous; but when a hardened heart denies God’s truth, quarrels with God’s justice mocks at God’s threatenings, rejects his government, and casts off his fear, then its state is desperate indeed, and punishment certain and dreadful ensues. Lord, keep thy servant from presumptuous sins!
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
said. See note on Num 3:40.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
The man: Exo 31:14, Exo 31:15
stone him: Lev 24:14, Lev 24:23, 1Ki 21:13, Act 7:58, Heb 13:11, Heb 13:12
Reciprocal: Exo 18:16 – make Lev 4:12 – without the camp Lev 20:2 – the people Deu 13:10 – stone him Deu 22:21 – stone her Mat 27:31 – and led Mat 27:32 – as Joh 19:17 – went
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 15:35. The man shall surely be put to death One reason why the breach of the sabbath was punished with such severity by the Jewish law is, that it was an implicit denying of God to be the Creator of the world. For the sabbath being a sign, (Exo 31:13,) whereby the worshippers of the one true God, who created the world, were distinguished from the idolatrous nations, who believed the world was eternal, and who worshipped the sun, moon, and stars, and a multitude of nominal gods, the violation of this institution implied or led to a defection from the true religion to polytheism and idolatry.