And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
WEB
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.
YLT
And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,
DBT
And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus