Exodus 32:27 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 32:27

He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.

KJV

And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.

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Commentary

4 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

The Book of Pastoral Rule, Part 3, Chapter 25 (604)

Let them hear how Moses, when he saw that God was angry with His people, and commanded swords to be taken for executing vengeance, declared those to be on God's side who should smite the crimes of the offenders without delay, saying, If any man is the Lord's, let him join himself to me; put every man his sword upon his thigh; go in and out from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and slay every man his brother and friend and neighbour.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

From gate to gate - It is probable that there was an enclosed or entrenched camp, in which the chief rulers and heads of the people were, and that this camp had two gates or outlets; and the Levites were commanded to pass from one to the other, slaying as many of the transgressors as they could find.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
לָהֶ֗ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
כֹּֽה־	koh-	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֤ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָה֙	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י	'e.lo.Hei	[the] God of	H430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
שִׂ֥ימוּ	Si.mu	put	H7760 →
אִישׁ־	'ish-	everyone	H376 →
חַרְבּ֖וֹ	char.Bo	sword his	H2719 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
יְרֵכ֑וֹ	ye.re.Kho	thigh his	H3409 →
עִבְר֨וּ	'iv.Ru	pass	H5674 →
וָשׁ֜וּבוּ	va.Shu.vu	and return	H7725 →
מִשַּׁ֤עַר	mi.Sha.'ar	from gate	H8179 →
לָשַׁ֙עַר֙	la.Sha.'ar	to gate	H8179 →
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔ה	ba.ma.cha.Neh	in the camp	H4264 →
וְהִרְג֧וּ	ve.hir.Gu	and kill	H2026 →
אִֽישׁ־	'ish-	everyone	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אָחִ֛יו	'a.Chiv	brother his	H251 →
וְאִ֥ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and everyone	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
רֵעֵ֖הוּ	re.'E.hu	friend his	H7453 →
וְאִ֥ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and everyone	H376 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
קְרֹבֽוֹ׃	ke.ro.Vo	neighbor his	H7138 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

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.

Through
Luke 14:26
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.
leads to
- 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;
- John 12:25
  Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.
- Philippians 3:8
  More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may…
- Acts 20:24
  But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good…
- Psalms 73:25–26
  Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
Through
2 Corinthians 5:16
So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer.
leads to
- Colossians 3:11
  Here there is no Greek or Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, or free, but Christ is all and is in all.
- Philippians 3:7–8
  But whatever was gain to me I count as loss for the sake of Christ.
- John 6:63
  The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.