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Exodus 32:28

LeviMoses
Judgment

26 So Moses stood at the entrance to the camp and said, “Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” And all the Levites gathered around him.

27 He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.

29 Afterward, Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for service to the LORD, since each man went against his son and his brother; so the LORD has bestowed a blessing on you this day.”

30 The next day Moses said to the people, “You have committed a great sin. Now I will go up to the LORD; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin.”

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BSB
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
KJV
And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
WEB
The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
ASV
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
DARBY
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
BLB
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses, and there fell from the people in that day about three thousand men.
ÅB
Og Levis barn gjorde som Moses sa; og den dag falt det av folket omkring tre tusen mann.
OTB
Levis sønner gjorde som Moses befalte, og den dagen falt omkring tre tusen av folket.
B1930
Og Levis barn gjorde som Moses sa; og den dag falt det av folket omkring tre tusen mann.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 33:9

    He said of his father and mother, ‘I do not consider them.’ He disregarded his brothers and did not know his own sons, for he kept Your word and maintained Your covenant.

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  • Numbers 16:41

    The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”

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  • Numbers 16:32–35

    and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.

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  • Malachi 2:4–6

    Then you will know that I have sent you this commandment so that My covenant with Levi may continue,” says the LORD of Hosts.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:8

    We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

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  • Hebrews 2:2–3

    For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

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