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Exodus 32:27

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He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ”

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Exodus 32:27 in other translations

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.

Exodus 32:27 · American Standard Version

Exodus 32:27 in context

  1. 25When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
  2. 26then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on Yahweh’s side, come to me!”
    All the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him.
  3. 27He said to them, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’ ”
  4. 28The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.
  5. 29Moses said, “Consecrate yourselves today to Yahweh, for every man was against his son and against his brother, that he may give you a blessing today.”