They put him in custody, because it had not been declared what should be done to him.
KJV
And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him.
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And they put him in ward,.... In a certain prison in the camp; perhaps the same in which the blasphemer was put,
Lev 24:12
; and for much the same reason:
because it was not declared what should be done to him: that is, what kind of death he should die, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra; it had been before declared that the sabbath breaker should die, but not what death he should die,
Exo 31:15
; though some think it was a matter of doubt whether gathering of sticks was a breach of the sabbath, or at least such a breach of it as required death; and the answer of the Lord seems to confirm this sense, as follows.
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