They put him in custody until the will of the Lord should be made clear to them.
If you do this and God so commands, you will be able to stand the strain, and all these people will go home satisfied.”
Then the Lord said to Moses:
and they kept him in custody, because it was not clear what should be done to him.
So Moses brought their case before the Lord,
Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”