Exodus 32:27-29

Revised Geneva Translation

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.

²⁹ For Moses had said, “Every man consecrate yourself to the LORD this day— even against your son, and against your brother — so that a blessing may be given to you this day.”