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.

The Lord said ... The man ... to death. The Lord was King, as well as God of Israel, and the offence being a violation of the law of the realm, the Sovereign Judge gave orders that this man should be put to death, and, moreover, required the whole congregation to unite in executing the fatal sentence.

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