Exodus 32:28

The sons of Levi [United with] did according to the word of Moses [Drawn out]: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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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

27He said to them, “ Adonai says, the God of Israel [God prevails], ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”

29Moses [Drawn out] said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Adonai, yes, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may give you a blessing today.”

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Cross References

Numbers 16:41But on the next day all the congregation of the children of Israel [God prevails] murmured against Moses [Drawn out] and against Aaron [Light-bringer], saying, “You have killed Adonai’s people!”

Deuteronomy 33:9He said of his father, and of his mother, ‘I have not seen him.’ 2 He didn’t acknowledge his brothers, 2 nor did he know his own children; 1 for they have observed your word, 2 and keep your covenant. 1

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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