And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day.
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Salvian the Presbyter
AD 429
When a man of the Israelite community gathered wood on the sabbath, he was killed, and this by the judgment and order of God, a judge most loving and merciful and who doubtless preferred to spare rather than kill him if the reason for severity had not overcome the reason for mercy. One man who was more unmindful perished, lest many be undone afterwards through lack of caution. .
