Exodus 32:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Let every man take his sword at his side, and go from one end of the tents to the other, putting to death his brother and his friend and his neighbour.

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  • Num 25:5 : 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.
  • Num 25:7-9 : 7 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand, 8 And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel. 9 But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease. 10 And the Lord said to Moses, 11 Through Phinehas, and because of his passion for my honour, my wrath has been turned away from the children of Israel, so that I have not sent destruction on them all in my wrath. 12 So say to them that I will make with him an agreement of peace:
  • Deut 33:8-9 : 8 And of Levi he said, Give your Thummim to Levi and let the Urim be with your loved one, whom you put to the test at Massah, with whom you were angry at the waters of Meribah; 9 Who said of his father, Who is he? and of his mother, I have not seen her; he kept himself separate from his brothers and had no knowledge of his children: for they have given ear to your word and kept your agreement.
  • Luke 14:26 : 26 And turning round, he said to them, If any man comes to me, and has not hate for his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, and even for his life, he may not be my disciple.
  • 2 Cor 5:16 : 16 For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.
  • Exod 32:26 : 26 Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him.
  • Exod 32:29 : 29 And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made the offering of his son and his brother; the blessing of the Lord is on you this day.

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  • Exod 32:26
    82%

    26 Then Moses took his place at the way into the tents, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi came together to him.

  • Exod 32:28-29
    2 verses
    80%

    28 And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death that day.

    29 And Moses said, You have made yourselves priests to the Lord this day; for every one of you has made the offering of his son and his brother; the blessing of the Lord is on you this day.

  • Num 31:1-4
    4 verses
    75%

    1 Then the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.

    3 So Moses said to the people, Let men from among you be armed for war to put into effect against Midian the Lord's punishment on them.

    4 From every tribe of Israel send a thousand to the war.

  • Num 31:17
    74%

    17 So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

  • 2 Chr 23:7
    74%

    7 And the Levites are to make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and any man who comes into the house is to be put to death; you are to keep with the king when he comes in and when he goes out.

  • Deut 20:13
    74%

    13 And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, let every male in it be put to death without mercy.

  • Num 25:5
    73%

    5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor.

  • Num 32:27
    73%

    27 But your servants will go over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to the fight, as my lord says.

  • Num 31:7
    73%

    7 And they made war on Midian, as the Lord gave orders to Moses; and they put to death every male.

  • Ezek 38:21
    73%

    21 And I will send to all my mountains for a sword against him, says the Lord: every man's sword will be against his brother.

  • Isa 13:15
    72%

    15 Everyone who is overtaken will have a spear put through him, and everyone who goes in flight will be put to the sword.

  • Ezek 9:5-7
    3 verses
    72%

    5 And to these he said in my hearing, Go through the town after him using your axes: do not let your eyes have mercy, and have no pity:

    6 Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

    7 And he said to them, Make the house unclean, make the open places full of dead: go forward and send destruction on the town.

  • Num 31:27
    72%

    27 And let division be made of it into two parts, one for the men of war who went out to the fight, and one for all the people:

  • Num 32:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 Then Moses said to them, If you will do this, arming yourselves to go before the Lord to the war,

    21 Every armed man of you going across Jordan before the Lord till he has overcome and sent in flight all who are against him,

  • 2 Kgs 11:8
    71%

    8 Will make a circle round the king, every man being armed; and whoever comes inside your lines is to be put to death; keep with the king, when he goes out and when he comes in.

  • Judg 21:10-11
    2 verses
    71%

    10 So they (the meeting) sent twelve thousand of the best fighting-men, and gave them orders, saying, Go and put the people of Jabesh-gilead to the sword without mercy, with their women and their little ones.

    11 And this is what you are to do: every male, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man, you are to put to the curse, but you are to keep safe the virgins. And they did so.

  • Lev 17:3
    71%

    3 If any man of Israel puts to death an ox or a lamb or a goat, in or outside the tent-circle;

  • Num 31:25
    70%

    25 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Jer 15:2
    70%

    2 And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.

  • Num 31:19
    70%

    19 You yourselves will have to keep outside the tent-circle for seven days, anyone of you who has put any person to death or come near a dead body; and on the third day and on the seventh day make yourselves and your prisoners clean.

  • Num 3:38
    70%

    38 And those whose tents are to be placed on the east side of the House in front of the Tent of meeting, looking to the dawn, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, who will do the work of the holy place for the children of Israel; and any strange person who comes near will be put to death.

  • Num 25:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16 Then the Lord said to Moses,

    17 Take up arms against the Midianites and overcome them;

  • Exod 22:24
    70%

    24 And in the heat of my wrath I will put you to death with the sword, so that your wives will be widows and your children without fathers.

  • Num 3:11
    70%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Judg 20:35
    70%

    35 Then the Lord sent sudden fear on Benjamin before Israel; and that day the children of Israel put to death twenty-five thousand, one hundred men of Benjamin, all of them swordsmen.

  • Num 31:53
    70%

    53 (For every man of the army had taken goods for himself in the war.)

  • Deut 13:15
    70%

    15 Then take up arms against the people of that town and give it up to the curse, with all its cattle and everything in it.

  • Ezek 21:3
    70%

    3 And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.

  • Judg 7:22
    70%

    22 And the three hundred gave a loud note on their horns, and every man's sword was turned by the Lord against his brother all through the army; and the army went in flight as far as Beth-shittah in the direction of Zeredah, to the edge of Abel-meholah by Tabbath.

  • Num 31:15
    70%

    15 And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

  • Jer 34:17
    70%

    17 And so the Lord has said, You have not given ear to me and undertaken publicly, every man to let loose his countryman and his neighbour: see, I undertake to let loose against you the sword and disease and need of food; and I will send you wandering among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Ezek 33:26
    70%

    26 You put your faith in your swords, you do disgusting things, everyone takes his neighbour's wife: are you to have the land for your heritage?

  • Deut 19:3
    70%

    3 You are to make ready a way, and see that the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, is marked out into three parts, to which any taker of life may go in flight.

  • Jer 18:21
    70%

    21 For this cause, let their children be without food, and give them over to the power of the sword; and let their wives be without children and become widows; let their men be overtaken by death, and their young men be put to the sword in the fight.

  • Num 25:8
    70%

    8 And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 15:13
    70%

    13 And that anyone, small or great, man or woman, who was not true to the Lord, the God of Israel, would be put to death.

  • Deut 32:25
    70%

    25 Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.

  • Num 15:37
    70%

    37 And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Isa 66:16
    70%

    16 For with fire and sword will the Lord come, judging all the earth, and his sword will be on all flesh: and great numbers will be put to death by him.

  • Deut 13:9
    69%

    9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

  • Lev 26:7
    69%

    7 And you will put to flight those who are against you, and they will be put to death by your swords.