Exodus 32:28

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The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.

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  • Deut 33:9 : 9 He said to his father and mother,“I have not seen him,” and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant.
  • Mal 2:4-6 : 4 Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant may continue to be with Levi,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. 5 “My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me. 6 He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin.
  • 1 Cor 10:8 : 8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.
  • Heb 2:2-3 : 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,
  • Num 16:32-35 : 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah’s men, and all their goods. 33 They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community. 34 All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said,“What if the earth swallows us too?” 35 Then a fire went out from the LORD and devoured the 250 men who offered incense.
  • Num 16:41 : 41 But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

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  • Exod 32:26-27
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    26So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said,“Whoever is for the LORD, come to me.” All the Levites gathered around him,

    27and he said to them,“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, has said‘Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”

  • Exod 32:29-30
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    29Moses said,“You have been consecrated today for the LORD, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today.”

    30The next day Moses said to the people,“You have committed a very serious sin, but now I will go up to the LORD– perhaps I can make atonement on behalf of your sin.”

  • Num 3:15-16
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    15“Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number.”

    16So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, just as he had been commanded.

  • Num 3:38-39
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    38But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death.

    39All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the LORD, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000.

  • Num 31:3
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    3So Moses spoke to the people:“Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the LORD’s vengeance on Midian.

  • 1 Chr 23:3
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    3The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,000 men.

  • Num 4:44
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    44those of them numbered by their families were 3,200.

  • Num 3:11
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    11Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 8:20
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    20So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, this is what the Israelites did with them.

  • Num 3:42-44
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    42So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the LORD had commanded him.

    43And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273.

    44Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 25:9-10
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    9Those that died in the plague were 24,000.

    10The Aftermath The LORD spoke 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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    33But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • 1 Cor 10:8
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    8And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.

  • 1 Chr 12:26
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    26From Levi there were 4,600.

  • Deut 27:11
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    11Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day:

  • 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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    10So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.

  • Num 3:5
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    5The Assignment of the Levites The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 16:41
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    41But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying,“You have killed the LORD’s people!”

  • 2 Chr 30:16
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    16They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them.

  • Num 8:22-23
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    22After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did.

    23The Work of the Levites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 25:5
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    5So Moses said to the judges of Israel,“Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor.”

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

  • Num 31:1
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    1The Midianite War The LORD spoke to Moses:

  • Num 31:7
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    7They fought against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

  • 2 Chr 29:33
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    33and 600 bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated.

  • Lev 24:23
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    23Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Num 3:34
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    34Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200.

  • Num 31:40
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    40The people were 16,000, of which the LORD’s tribute was 32 people.

  • Num 1:53
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    53But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the LORD’s anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony.”

  • Num 3:28
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    28Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary.

  • Deut 2:16
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    16Instructions Concerning Ammon So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community,

  • Judg 20:21
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    21The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day.

  • Ps 78:31
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    31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

  • Num 15:36
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    36So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.

  • Num 26:62
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    62Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.