Exodus 32:28
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And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men.

children

Deuteronomy 33:9 Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,

Malachi 2:4-6 And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. . . .

there fell

Numbers 16:32-35,41 And opening her mouth, devoured them with their tents and all their substance. . . .

1 Corinthians 10:8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them that committed fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Hebrews 2:2,3 For if the word spoken by angels became steadfast and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward: . . .

Context
Moses Breaks the Tablets
27And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour. 28And the sons of Levi did according to the words of Moses, and there were slain that day about three and twenty thousand men.29And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.…
Cross References
Exodus 32:27
And he said to them: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his thigh: go, and return from gate to gate through the midst of the camp, and let every man kill his brother, and friend, and neighbour.

Exodus 32:29
And Moses said: You have consecrated your hands this day to the Lord, every man in his son and in his brother, that a blessing may be given to you.

Exodus 32:35
The Lord therefore struck the people for the guilt, on occasion of the calf which Aaron had made.

Numbers 25:7
And when Phinees the son of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest saw it, he rose up from the midst of the multitude, and taking a dagger,

Deuteronomy 33:9
Who hath said to his father, and to his mother: I do not know you; and to his brethren: I know you not: and their own children they have not known. These have kept thy word, and observed thy covenant,

Psalm 99:8
Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.

Lexicon
The Levites
בְנֵֽי־ (ḇə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

did
וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ (way·ya·‘ă·śū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

as Moses
מֹשֶׁ֑ה (mō·šeh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4872: Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver

commanded,
כִּדְבַ֣ר (kiḏ·ḇar)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

and that
הַה֔וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

about three
כִּשְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת (kiš·lō·šeṯ)
Preposition-k | Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

thousand
אַלְפֵ֖י (’al·p̄ê)
Number - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 505: A thousand

of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

the people
הָעָם֙ (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

fell dead.
וַיִּפֹּ֤ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie


Additional Translations
The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people fell dead.And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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

And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the number of three thousand men.

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

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

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

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

And the sons of Levi do according to the word of Moses, and there fall of the people on that day about three thousand men,
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