32. This happened when the Israelites were still in the desert. They found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.
33. Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and all the people.
34. They held the man under guard. They did not know what to do with him.
35. Then the Lord said to Moses, “The man must die. All the people must kill him with stones outside the camp.”
36. So the people took him outside the camp. They killed him with stones as the Lord commanded Moses.
37. The Lord said to Moses,
38. “Speak to the Israelites. Tell them this: ‘Tie several pieces of thread together. And tie them to the corners of your clothes. Put a blue thread in each one of these tassels. Wear them from now on.
39. You will have these tassels to look at. They will remind you of the Lord’s commands. Then you will obey them. And you won’t follow what your bodies want and what your eyes wish for.
40. Remember to obey all my commands. Then you will be God’s holy people.
41. I am the Lord your God. I brought you out of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God.’”