Exodus 32:28

The Levites did what Moses ordered. That day about three thousand of the people died.

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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, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says this: 'Let each man fasten his sword on his side and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and kill his brother, his companion, and his neighbor.'”

29Moses said to the Levites, “You have been placed into Yahweh's service today, for each of you has taken action against his son and his brother, so Yahweh might give you a blessing today.”

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Cross References

Numbers 16:41But the next morning all the community of the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. They said, “You have killed Yahweh's people.”

Deuteronomy 33:9The man who said about his father and mother, “I have not seen them.” 1 Neither did he acknowledge his brothers, 1 nor did he take account of his own children. 1 For he guarded your word 1 and kept your covenant. 1

1 Corinthians 10:8Let us not commit sexual immorality, as many of them did. In one day, twenty-three thousand people died because of it.

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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