Exodus 32:27-29

Good News Translation

²⁷ and he said to them, “The Lord God of Israel commands every one of you to put on your sword and go through the camp from this gate to the other and kill your brothers, your friends, and your neighbors.” ²⁸ The Levites obeyed, and killed about three thousand men that day. ²⁹ Moses said to the Levites, “Today you have consecrated yourselves^[a] as priests in the service of the Lord by killing your sons and brothers, so the Lord has given you his blessing.”