Exodus 18:15, 16 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 15 Moses said to his father-in-law: “Because the people keep coming to me to inquire of God. 16 When a case arises, it comes to me and I must judge between one person and the other, and I make known the decisions of the true God and his laws.”+ Numbers 15:32 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man collecting pieces of wood on the Sabbath day.+ Numbers 15:34 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 34 They committed him into custody+ because it had not been specified what should be done to him.
15 Moses said to his father-in-law: “Because the people keep coming to me to inquire of God. 16 When a case arises, it comes to me and I must judge between one person and the other, and I make known the decisions of the true God and his laws.”+
32 While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man collecting pieces of wood on the Sabbath day.+