The Meaning of Numbers 15:34 Explained

Numbers 15:34

KJV: And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.

YLT: and they place him in ward, for it is not explained what is to be done to him.

Darby: And they put him in custody, for it was not declared what should be done to him.

ASV: And they put him in ward, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they put  him in ward,  because it was not declared  what should be done  to him. 

What does Numbers 15:34 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 15:27-41 - Exemplary Punishment For Sabbath-Breaking
This chapter resembles a sweet flute-like melody inserted between two fierce strains. It reminds us that in the middle of wrath God remembers mercy. The stranger-whether pilgrim, emigrant or slave-was to be included in burned-offerings and sacrifices; a prevision of the time when all holy souls shall be reckoned in the household of God, Ephesians 2:19.
Sins of ignorance may be forgiven, Numbers 15:22-29. They are sins. Debts of shortcoming need pardon equally as do trespasses. But, as Paul teaches us, we may confidently count on forgiveness for evil things done unwittingly. See 1 Timothy 1:12-14; Hebrews 5:2. It is quite otherwise with sins of presumption, Numbers 15:30-36. If persisted in, these induce death. See 1 John 5:16.
We have something better than the memorial fringe, in the ministry of the Holy Spirit, John 14:26. [source]

Chapter Summary: Numbers 15

1  The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering
14  The stranger is under the same law
17  The law of the first of the dough
22  The sacrifice for sins of ignorance
30  The punishment of presumption
32  He who violated the Sabbath is stoned
37  The law of tassels

What do the individual words in Numbers 15:34 mean?

And they put him under guard because not it had been explained what should be done to him -
וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ אֹת֖וֹ בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר כִּ֚י לֹ֣א פֹרַ֔שׁ מַה־ יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ ס

וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ  And  they  put 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: מֻנָּח  
Sense: to rest.
בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר  under  guard 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁמָר 
Sense: place of confinement, prison, guard, jail, guard post, watch, observance.
כִּ֚י  because 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
פֹרַ֔שׁ  it  had  been  explained 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַשׁ 
Sense: to make distinct, declare, distinguish, separate.
יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה  should  be  done 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
לֽוֹ  to  him 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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