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Numbers 15:32-36 (MSG)

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32 Once, during those wilderness years of the People of Israel, a man was caught gathering wood on the Sabbath. 33 The ones who caught him hauled him before Moses and Aaron and the entire congregation. 34 They put him in custody until it became clear what to do with him. 35 Then GOD spoke to Moses: "Give the man the death penalty. Yes, kill him, the whole community hurling stones at him outside the camp." 36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and threw stones at him, an execution commanded by GOD and given through Moses.

This passage relates to the following question(s):
(v. 32) Should work be done or not on the Sabbath? Man was found gathering wood on the Sabbath and put to death

Definition(s):
Aaron (Eh-ron): a teacher; lofty; mountain of strength
Moses (Moh-ziz): taken out; drawn forth
So (Soh):