King James Version
Numbers 15:32 in the King James Version says “And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.”
Numbers 15:32 · KJV
But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously , whether he be born in the land, or a stranger , the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. presumptuously: Heb. with an high hand
Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And while the children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“of Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“were in the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“they found”
H4672properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
“a man”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“that gathered”
H7197to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
“day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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