Exodus 32:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְנֵֽי־לֵוִ֖י כִּדְבַ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיִּפֹּ֤ל מִן־הָעָם֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא כִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אַלְפֵ֖י אִֽישׁ׃

Transliteration

And-wayya'asu bene-Lewi according to-devar Mosheh and-wayyipol from-the-'am in-the-yom the-hu about-three 'alfei 'ish.

Grammar Details

*wayya'asu*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd common plural - did/performed
*bene*: noun, masculine plural construct - sons of
*Lewi*: proper noun - Levi
*devar*: noun, masculine singular construct - word of
*Mosheh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*wayyipol*: waw-consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - fell
*'am*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the people
*yom*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day
*hu*: pronoun, masculine singular - that
*'alfei*: noun, masculine plural construct - thousands of
*'ish*: noun, masculine singular - man/men

Word Meanings

*wayya'asu*: did/performed/carried out
*wayyipol*: fell/were killed/died

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Referenced Verses

Deut 33:9 : 9 Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
Mal 2:4-6 : 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. 6 The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
1 Cor 10:8 : 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; 3 How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
Num 16:32-35 : 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. 34 And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. 35 And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
Num 16:41 : 41 But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 32:26-27
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38But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
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