Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.
Exodus 32:28 - Revised Version 1885 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about 3000 men. American Standard Version (1901) And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. Common English Bible The Levites did as Moses commanded. About three thousand people were killed that day. Catholic Public Domain Version And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there fell on that day about twenty-three thousand men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses: and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men. |
Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.
And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, 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 neighbour.
And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.
And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.
But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand;
And concerning the cities which ye shall give of the possession of the children of Israel, from the many ye shall take many; and from the few ye shall take few: every one according to his inheritance which he inheriteth shall give of his cities unto the Levites.
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Who said of his father, and of his mother, I have not seen him; Neither did he acknowledge his brethren, Nor knew he his own children: For they have observed thy word, And keep thy covenant.