Numbers 15:32 (WEB)
While the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day.
Fathers and councils · 4
Origen
“And you will find the law about not bearing a burden on the Sabbath-day in Jeremias, as well as in Moses.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxv. 2; Num. xv. 32; Jer. xvii. 21–24.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“Because when in the temple they were not engaged in secular affairs, but in the service of the Lord, fulfilling the law, but not going beyond it, as that man did, who of his own accord carried dry wood into the camp of God, and was justly stoned to death.” — editor's note: Num. xv. 32, etc.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X VI.11Conference VI
“…were punished who, as we said before, were the authors of a blasphemous falling away: as happened in the case of the man who gathered sticks on the Sabbath, and in that of Ananias and Sapphira, who through the sin of unbelief kept back some portion of their goods: not that the guilt of their sins was equal, but…” — editor's note: Cf. Numb. xv. 32.
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John Chrysostom
“Wherefore then was he punished that was gathering the sticks?” — editor's note: Numb. xv. 32–36.
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