28The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.


In Context

25 Moses saw that the people were running wild and that Aaron had let them get out of control and so become a laughingstock to their enemies.

26 So he stood at the entrance to the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord , come to me." And all the Levites rallied to him.

27 Then he said to them, "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: 'Each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor.' "

28 The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.

29 Then Moses said, "You have been set apart to the Lord today, for you were against your own sons and brothers, and he has blessed you this day."

30 The next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a great sin. But now I will go up to the Lord ; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin."

Exodus 32:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

32:28And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

32:28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

32:28And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

32:28The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

32:28And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

32:28And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.