Numbers 15:32
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
KJV
Factum est autem, cum essent filii Israël in solitudine, et invenissent hominem colligentem ligna in die sabbati,
Vulgate
Καὶ ἦσαν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, καὶ εὗρον ἄνδρα συλλέγοντα ξύλα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν σαββάτων.
LXX
And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day.
ASV
וַ/יִּהְי֥וּ בְנֵֽי יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בַּ/מִּדְבָּ֑ר וַֽ/יִּמְצְא֗וּ אִ֛ישׁ מְקֹשֵׁ֥שׁ עֵצִ֖ים בְּ/י֥וֹם הַ/שַּׁבָּֽת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
הוּ
hv
verb · 455×
י
y
noun · 111×
יְהִי֙
yhy
verb · 3549×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
מְקֹשֶׁ֣שֶׁת
mqshsht
verb · 8×
מִּדְבָּ֑ר
mdbr
noun · 270×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Vain attempts of Marcion and his followers, who exclude Abraham from the salvation bestowed by Christ, who liberated not only Abraham, but the seed of Abraham, by fulfilling and not destroying the law when He healed on the Sabbath day. 1. Vain, too, is [the effort of] Marcion and his followers when they [seek to] exclude Abraham from the inheritance, to whom the Spirit through …
2. Afterwards again He refutes it in another way also. For as at first He brought in David, by the dignity of the person quelling their pride; so when He had stopped their mouths, and had put down their boasting, then He adds also the more appropriate refutation. And of what sort is this? Do you not know, that in the temple the priests profane the Sabbath, and are blameless? Ma…
Cross-references
- Exod 20:10 — But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger tha
- Exod 31:14 — Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his p
- Exod 31:15 — Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death.
- Exod 35:2 — Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
- Exod 35:2 — Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death.
- Exod 35:3 — Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day.
- Jer 17:21 — Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem;
- Neh 13:15 — In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Je