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Numbers 15:34

And they put him into prison, not knowing what they should do with him.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine): Qui recluserunt eum in carcerem, nescientes quid super eo facere deberent.
Septuagint (Swete): καὶ ἀπέθεντο αὐτὸν εἰς φυλακήν, οὐ γὰρ συνέκριναν τί ποιήσωσιν αὐτόν.
Hebrew (WLC): וַיַּנִּ֥יחוּ אֹת֖וֹ בַּמִּשְׁמָ֑ר כִּ֚י לֹ֣א פֹרַ֔שׁ מַה יֵּעָשֶׂ֖ה לֽוֹ

The Fathers on this verse

St John Chrysostom The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom, Matthew XII. 1

Wherefore then was he punished that was gathering the sticks? Because if the laws were to be despised even at the beginning, of course they would scarcely be observed afterwards.