Numbers 15:33-34

15:33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community. 15:34 They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him.

Numbers 15:36

15:36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 27:23

27:23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, by the authority of Moses.

Numbers 35:19-20

35:19 The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him.

35:20 “But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,


tn Heb “stoned him with stones, and he died.”

tn Heb “spoke.”

tn Heb “hand.”

tn The participle גֹּאֵל (goel) is the one who protects the family by seeking vengeance for a crime. This is the same verb used for levirate marriages and other related customs.

tn The Hebrew text is more vivid: “by lying in wait.”