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VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-15

“commanded a man to be executed for picking up sticks on the sabbath, that too was holy, righteous, and good”

Douglas Wilson · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-15

Wilson wrote in his 2023 book Mere Christendom that Moses' command to execute a man for picking up sticks on the sabbath was holy and righteous.

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