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Numbers 15:32-36 (NET)

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32 When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. 33 Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community. 34 They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him. 35 Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp." 36 So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded 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):