What was the penalty for intentionally breaking the Sabbath law in the book of Numbers?
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Correct answer: Death by stoning
Exodus 31:14 and Numbers 15:32-36 record that the Sabbath was a sign of the covenant, and violating it was a capital offense. A man found gathering wood on the Sabbath was executed by stoning.
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