Discovery BoxNumbers 15:33-34 
Context15:33 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
Context15:36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, 1 just as the Lord commanded Moses.
Numbers 27:23
Context27:23 He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, 2 by the authority 3 of Moses.
Numbers 35:19-20
Context35:19 The avenger 4 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 5 so that he dies,
1 tn Heb “stoned him with stones, and he died.”
2 tn Heb “spoke.”
3 tn Heb “hand.”
4 tn The participle גֹּאֵל (go’el) 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.
5 tn The Hebrew text is more vivid: “by lying in wait.”
