King James Version
Numbers 15:33 in the King James Version says “And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation.”
Numbers 15:33 · KJV
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“And they that 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
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“him gathering”
H7197to forage for straw, stubble or wood; figuratively, to assemble
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and unto all the congregation”
H5712a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
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