Exodus 32:28

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The sons of Levi did as Moses commanded, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

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  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said of his father and mother, "I do not regard them;" he did not acknowledge his brothers or recognize his children, for they kept Your word and guarded Your covenant.
  • Mal 2:4-6 : 4 Then you will know that I have sent this command to you so that My covenant with Levi may continue, says the Lord of Hosts. 5 My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him. It called for reverence, and he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. 6 True instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and turned many from sin.
  • 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 We must not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell.
  • Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, 3 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first declared by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.
  • Num 16:32-35 : 32 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, along with all of Korah's men and all their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the grave, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished from the community. 34 All the Israelites around them ran away at their cries, saying, 'The earth might swallow us too!' 35 Then fire came out from the Lord and consumed the 250 men who were offering incense.

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  • Exod 32:26-27
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    26So Moses stood at the gate of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered around him.

    27Then he said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Each man put his sword on his side. Go back and forth through the camp, from gate to gate, and kill your brother, your friend, and your neighbor.'"

  • Exod 32:29-30
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    29Then Moses said, "Today you have been set apart for the LORD, for each of you has gone against your own son and brother, so that He might bestow a blessing on you this day."

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

  • Num 3:15-16
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    15Take a census of the sons of Levi, by their fathers' houses and by their clans. Count every male a month old and upward.

    16So Moses listed them according to the command of the LORD, as he had been instructed.

  • Num 3:38-39
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    38Those to camp in front of the tabernacle, on the east side before the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons, keeping charge of the sanctuary for the duties of the people of Israel. Any outsider who approached was to be put to death.

    39The total number of Levites whom Moses and Aaron counted as commanded by the LORD, by their clans, every male a month old and upward, was 22,000.

  • Num 31:3
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    3So Moses said to the people, 'Arm some of your men for battle, to go against Midian and execute the LORD's vengeance on Midian.'

  • 1 Chr 23:3
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    3The Levites, thirty years old and older, were counted by their heads, and the total number of men was thirty-eight thousand.

  • Num 4:44
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    44The total number of those counted by their families was 3,200.

  • Num 3:11
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    11The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 8:20
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    20Moses, Aaron, and the entire Israelite community did with the Levites everything the LORD commanded Moses concerning them.

  • Num 3:42-44
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    42So Moses counted all the firstborn among the people of Israel as the LORD commanded him.

    43The total number of firstborn males, counted by name from a month old and upward, was 22,273.

    44The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 25:9-10
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    9But those who died in the plague numbered twenty-four thousand.

    10The LORD said to Moses,

  • Josh 7:4
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    4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai.

  • Num 2:33
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    33The Levites were not counted among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 1 Cor 10:8
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    8We must not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them fell.

  • 1 Chr 12:26
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    26From the tribe of Levi: 4,600 men.

  • Deut 27:11
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    11That day Moses gave this command to the people:

  • Num 31:31
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    31So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • 1 Sam 4:10
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    10The Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated. Each man fled to his tent, and the slaughter was very great—thirty thousand Israelite foot soldiers fell.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses, 'Go down and warn the people not to force their way through to see the LORD, or many of them will perish.'

  • Num 3:5
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    5The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • 2 Chr 30:16
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    16Then they stood at their prescribed places, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood handed to them by the Levites.

  • Num 8:22-23
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    22Afterwards, the Levites came to perform their duties in the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did as the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites.

    23The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

  • Num 25:5
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    5So Moses said to the judges of Israel, 'Each of you must kill those of your men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor.'

  • Num 16:8
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    8Moses also said to Korah, "Listen now, you sons of Levi!

  • Num 31:1
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    1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Num 31:7
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    7They waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

  • 2 Chr 29:33
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    33The consecrated offerings included six hundred cattle and three thousand sheep.

  • Lev 24:23
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    23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they brought the one who had cursed out of the camp and stoned him. The Israelites did as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 3:34
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    34Their census, counting every male a month old and upward, numbered 6,200.

  • Num 31:40
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    40The people included 16,000, of which 32 were set aside as tribute for the LORD.

  • Num 1:53
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    53But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the covenant to protect the Israelites from wrath. The Levites are to carry out the responsibilities of the tabernacle of the covenant.

  • Num 3:28
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    28Their census, counting every male a month old and upward, numbered 8,600, responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.

  • Deut 2:16
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    16When all the fighting men among the people had died and were gone,

  • Judg 20:21
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    21The Benjaminites came out of Gibeah and cut down twenty-two thousand Israelites on the battlefield that day.

  • Ps 78:31
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    31Then the anger of God rose against them, and He killed the strongest among them, striking down the young men of Israel.

  • Num 15:36
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    36So the assembly took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

  • Num 26:62
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    62The total number of the Levites registered, all the males a month old or older, was 23,000. They were not counted among the Israelites because they were not given an inheritance among them.