Exodus Chapter 32 verse 28 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 32:28

And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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BBE Exodus 32:28

And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death that day.
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DARBY Exodus 32:28

And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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KJV Exodus 32:28

And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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WBT Exodus 32:28

And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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WEB Exodus 32:28

The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.
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YLT Exodus 32:28

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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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 28. - About three thousand. We cannot gather from this, as some have done, that the Levites who rallied to Moses were only 3,000 - for every Levite was not obliged to kill a man - but only that, when this number was slain, the idolaters desisted from their orgy

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