Adonai our God, You answered them. A forgiving God You were to them, though You avenged their misdeeds.
Exodus 32:28 - Tree of Life Version So the sons of Levi did as Moses said, and that day from among the people there fell about 3,000 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. |
Adonai our God, You answered them. A forgiving God You were to them, though You avenged their misdeeds.
He said to them, “This is what Adonai, the God of Israel says, ‘Every man put on his sword, and go to and fro, from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
Then Moses said, “Consecrate your hands today to Adonai so that He may give you a blessing today, for every man has been against his son and his brother.”
So Adonai struck the people because of what they did with the calf that Aaron had made.
The next day, the entire community of Bnei-Yisrael grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, “You killed Adonai’s people!”
When Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen saw it, he arose from the midst of the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
The cities that you are to give to the Levites from the possession of Bnei-Yisrael should be proportionate to the inheritance of each tribe—give many from the one who has many and few from the one who has few.”
And let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day 23,000 fell.
He said of his father and mother, “I have not seen them,” nor did he acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children. For they observed Your word and kept Your covenant.