Exodus 32:28

Easy To Read Version

The people from the family of Levi obeyed Moses. That day about 3,000 of the people of Israel died.

Cross References

Psalm 99:8

Lord our God, you answered their prayers.\par You showed them\par that you are a forgiving God and\par that you punish people\par for the bad things they do.\par

Exodus 32:27

Then Moses said to them, “I will tell you what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every man must get his sword and go from one end of the camp to the other. {You must punish these people, even if} each man must kill his brother, friends, and neighbors.’”

Exodus 32:29

Then Moses said, “The Lord has chosen you today to be the people who will bless your sons and brothers.”

Exodus 32:35

So the Lord caused a terrible sickness to come to the people. He did this because they told Aaron to make the golden calf.

Numbers 16:41

The next day all the people of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron. They said, “You killed the Lord’s people.”

Numbers 25:7

Phinehas was the son of Eleazar and the grandson of Aaron the priest. Phinehas saw this man bring the woman into camp. So Phinehas left the meeting and got his spear.

Numbers 35:8

The large families of Israel {will get large pieces of land}. The small families of Israel {will get small pieces of land}. So the large family groups will give more cities and the small family groups will give fewer cities to the Levites.”

1 Corinthians 10:8

We should not do sexual sins like some of those people did. In one day 23,000 of them died \{because of their sin\}.

Deuteronomy 33:9

{They cared more for you, Lord, than for their own families.} They ignored their fathers and mothers. They did not recognize their brothers. They did not pay attention to their children. But they obeyed your commands. They kept your Agreement.