Exodus 32:29 - Easy To Read Version

²⁹ Then Moses said, “The Lord has chosen you today to be the people who will bless your sons and brothers.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁹ For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁹ And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God's command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord, each man [at the cost of being] against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁹ And Moses said, Consecrate yourselves to-day to Jehovah, yea, every man against his son, and against his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

Common English Bible

²⁹ Moses said, “Today you’ve been ordained to the LORD, each one of you at the cost of a son or a brother. Today you’ve gained a special blessing for yourselves.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁹ And Moses said: "On this day, you have consecrated your hands to the Lord, each one in his son and in his brother, so that a blessing may be given to you."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁹ And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord: every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.

Exodus 32:29 Tagairtí Cros

2 Chronicles 35:3

Josiah spoke to the Levites who taught the people of Israel and who were made holy for service to the Lord. He said to those Levites: “Put the Holy Box {\cf2\super [442]} in the temple that Solomon built. Solomon was David’s son. David was king of Israel. Do not carry the Holy Box from place to place on your shoulders again. Now serve the Lord your God. Serve God’s people, the people of Israel.

Exodus 32:28

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

Exodus 32:30

The next morning Moses told the people, “You have done a terrible sin! But now I will go up to the Lord, and maybe I can do something so he will forgive you for your sin.”

Proverbs 21:3

Do the things that are right and fair. The Lord loves that better than sacrifices.

Zechariah 13:3

If a person continues to prophesy, then he will be punished. Even his parents, his own mother and father, will say to him, ‘You have spoken lies in the name of the Lord, so you must die!’ His own mother and father will stab him for prophesying.

Matthew 10:37

“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.