And YHWHוַ יְהוָהsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלMoses,מֹשֶׁה“The manהָאִישׁshall surelyמוֹתbe put to death;יוּמַתallכָּלthe communityהָעֵדָהshall stoneרָגוֹםhimאֹתוֹwith stonesבָאֲבָנִיםoutsideמִחוּץthe camp.”לַמַּחֲנֶה
Numbers 15:35
Study it in the app“And YHWH said to Moses, “The man shall surely be put to death; all the community shall stone him with stones outside the camp.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 15:35, word by word
- And YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears- “The manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- shall surelyמוֹתmot
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “mot” appears- the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- shall stoneרָגוֹםragom
stone
Stone to death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.
Where else “ragom” appears- with stonesאֲבָנִיםavanim
stone
A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.
Where else “avanim” appears- outsideחוּץchuts
outside
What lies outside the house, the city or the camp.
Where else “chuts” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears
The context
34And they put him in custody, because it had not been made clear what should be done to him.
35 · This verse (above)
36So all the community brought him outside the camp and stoned him with stones, and he died, as YHWH had commanded Moses.