NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 15:32 This seems to be a case of sinning intentionally and publicly. The offender is executed, not just left to be “cut off” (compare vv. Numbers 15:30). In this case it is clear that the man has sinned, since all work on the Sabbath is prohibited (Exodus 20:10), including lighting a fire (Exodus 35:3).

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