Exodus 32:26-28

Revised Geneva Translation

²⁶ And Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is with the LORD, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves to him.

²⁷ Then he said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘Let every man put his sword by his side and go back and forth, from gate to gate, throughout the camp. And let every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.”

²⁸ So, the children of Levi did as Moses had commanded. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.