Exodus 32:28

And the Bnei Levi did according to the word of Moshe; and there fell of HaAm that day about three thousand men.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

In Context

27And he said unto them, Thus saith Hashem Elohei Yisroel, Put every man his cherev by his side, and go in and out from sha'ar to sha'ar throughout the machaneh, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

29For Moshe had said, Consecrate yourselves today to Hashem, even every man against his ben, and against his brother; that He may bestow upon you a brocha this day.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 33:9Who said unto his av and to his em, 1 I have not seen him; 1 neither did he acknowledge his brethren, 1 nor knew his own banim; 1 for they + 33:9 Levi'im have been shomer over Thy word, 1 and Thy Brit they have preserved. 1

1 Corinthians 10:8Neither should we commit zenut as some of them committed zenut and fell in one day twenty-three thousand. + 10:8 Num 25:1,9 . T.N. if Rav Sha'ul is not giving the number that died in one day, a very famous and devastating twenty-four hour period, (with Num 25:4 mentioning other executions and the subsequent total being 24,000, Num 24:9 ), then Rav Sha'ul is referring to those who died in Ex 32:35 , quoting as he does Ex 32:6 in 1C 10:7

Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:22-30

Moses Reproves Aaron; Destruction of the Idolaters. ( b. c. 1491.) 21 And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? 22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. 24 And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold,… Read the whole commentary →

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