And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
All Commentaries on Numbers 15:32 Go To Numbers 15
John Chrysostom
AD 407
The law, if it arrests a murderer, puts him to death. The gospel, if it arrests a murderer, enlightens and gives him life. And why do I cite a murderer? The law laid hold on one that gathered sticks on a sabbath day and stoned him. This is the stark import of “the letter kills.”
