# Numbers 15.31

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**Book:** [Numbers](/codex/numbers/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 29. Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. 30. But the soul that doeth aught with a high hand, whether he be home-born or a sojourner, the same blasphemeth Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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> **31. Because he hath despised the word of Jehovah, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him.**
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> 32. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks upon the sabbath day. 33. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. (Numbers 15:29-33, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 29. You shall have one law for him who does anything unwittingly, for him who is native-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner among them. 30. “‘But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh. That soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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> **31. Because he has despised Yahweh’s word, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off. His iniquity shall be on him.’”**
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> 32. While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. 33. Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. (Numbers 15:29-33, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 29. Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. <sup>sinneth: Heb. doth</sup> 30. But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. <sup>presumptuously: Heb. with an high hand</sup>
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> **31. 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.**
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> 32. And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. 33. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. (Numbers 15:29-33, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 29. for the native among the sons of Israel, and for the sojourner who is sojourning in their midst, one law is to you, for him who is doing [anything] through ignorance. 30. 'And the person who doth [aught] with a high hand, of the native or of the sojourner, Jehovah he is reviling, and that person hath been cut off from the midst of his people;
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> **31. because the word of Jehovah he despised, and His command hath broken, that person is certainly cut off; his iniquity [is] on him.'**
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> 32. And the sons of Israel are in the wilderness, and they find a man gathering wood on the sabbath-day, 33. and those finding him gathering wood bring him near unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto all the company, (Numbers 15:29-33, YLT)

## Setting

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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

- None of the words in this verse has its own lexicon entry yet.


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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Daniel 9 Seventy Weeks Objection Defeater](/codex/daniel-9-seventy-weeks-objection-defeater/), via [Numbers 15.30-31](/codex/numbers-15-30-31/)
- [Sabbath Breaking Stoning Objection Defeater](/codex/sabbath-breaking-stoning-objection-defeater/), via [Numbers 15.30-31](/codex/numbers-15-30-31/)

**Concepts:**

- [Sabbath](/codex/sabbath/), via [Numbers 15.30-31](/codex/numbers-15-30-31/)

**Lexicon:**

- [H2403 - chattath](/codex/h2403-chattath/), via [Numbers 15.22-31](/codex/numbers-15-22-31/)

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.