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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.

KJV

Feceruntque filii Levi juxta sermonem Moysi, cecideruntque in die illa quasi viginti tria millia hominum.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησαν οἱ υἱοὶ Λευεὶ καθὰ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς Μωυσῆς· καὶ ἔπεσαν ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εἰς τρισχιλίους ἄνδρας.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יַּֽעֲשׂ֥וּ בְנֵֽי לֵוִ֖י כִּ/דְבַ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַ/יִּפֹּ֤ל מִן הָ/עָם֙ בַּ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/ה֔וּא כִּ/שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת אַלְפֵ֖י אִֽישׁ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People LeviMosesLevi

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶ֖לֶף
'lp
adjective · 500×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
יִּפֹּ֥ל
ypl
verb · 434×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
לֵוִ֖י
lvy
noun · 60×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
שְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת
shlsht
adjective · 429×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2577From this intimacy with the faithful God, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love,23 Moses drew strength and determination for his intercession. He does not pray for himself but for the people whom God made his own. Moses already intercedes for them during the battle with the Amalekites and prays to obtain healing for Miriam.24 But it is chiefly after their apostasy that …

Cross-references

  • Deut 33:9 — Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.