Exodus 32:28

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

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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.

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.

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.

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And that He might increase in them this fear, immediately, by the mouth of offence, the rod of His chastisement was revealed, and after the offence the Chastiser gave them no respite, because their servitude was not worthy of His longsuffering. Above their head the …

Philoxenus of Mabbug· 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 7 -- Second Discourse on the Fear of God, 523patristic

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And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

There fell about three thousand men - These were no doubt the chief transgressors; having broken the covenant by having other gods besides Jehovah, they lost the Divine protection, and then the justice of God laid hold on and slew them. Moses doubtless had positive orders from God for this act of justice, (see Exo 32:27); for though, through his intercession, the people were spared so as not to be exterminated as a nation, yet the principal transgressors, those who were set on mischief, Exo 32:22, were to be put to death.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said--The camp is supposed to have been protected by a rampart after the attack of the Amalekites. Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me--The zeal and courage of Moses was astonishing, considering he opposed an intoxicated mob.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

The interest of sin and wickedness is the devil's interest, and all wicked people side with that interest; the interest of truth and holiness is God's interest, with which all godly people side; and it is a case that will not admit a neutrality.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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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.
Hebrews 2:2–3
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
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.
Numbers 16:32–35
and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
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.
Numbers 16:41
The next day the whole congregation of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You have killed the LORD’s people!”
Numbers 35:8
The cities that you apportion from the territory of the Israelites should be given to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance of each tribe: more from a larger tribe and less from a smaller one.”

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Who & where

PersonExodus and Wilderness PeriodMosesIsrael's deliverer from Egyptian slavery, covenant mediator, and lawgiver.

About this book

Moses Breaks the Tables of the Law — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866) — public domain

Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Canon: Old Testament
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

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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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.
leads to
- Numbers 25:1–9
  While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
- 1 Corinthians 6:18
  Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.
- Psalms 106:29
  So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9
  Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual…
- Revelation 2:14
  But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…
Through
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.
leads to
- Exodus 32:25–29
  Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
- Matthew 10:37
  Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;
- Jeremiah 18:18
  Then some said, “Come, let us make plans against Jeremiah, for the law will never be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the wise, nor an oracle to the prophet. Come, let us…

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