Numbers 15:34
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And they had him shut up, because they had no directions about what was to be done with him.
Webster's Revision
And they put him in custody, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
World English Bible
They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
Definitions for Numbers 15:34
Barnes's Numbers 15:34 Bible Commentary
Death had indeed been assigned as the penalty Exodus 31:14; Exodus 35:2; but it had not been determined how that death was to be inflicted.
Wesley's Numbers 15:34 Bible Commentary
15:34 They - That is, Moses and Aaron, and the seventy rulers.What should be done - That is, in what manner he was to be cut off, or by what kind of death he was to die, which therefore God here particularly determines: otherwise it was known in general that sabbath - breakers were to be put to death.