Exodus 32:27-29

GOD’S WORD Translation

²⁷ He said to them, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says: Each of you put on your sword. Go back and forth from one end of the camp to the other, and kill your relatives, friends, and neighbors.”

²⁸ The Levites did what Moses told them, and that day about 3,000 people died.

²⁹ Moses said, “Today you are ordained as the Lord’s priests. God gave you a blessing today because each of you fought with your own sons and brothers.”^[a]