EXODUS 32:27 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.”
Then he said to them, this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: each man strap a sword to his side. Go back and forth through the camp from one end to the other, each killing his brother and friend and neighbor. The Levites' commission to execute judgment on the golden calf worshippers is one of the most difficult commands in the Torah. Three thousand die. The willingness to prioritize covenant faithfulness over family loyalty is the mark of the Levitical vocation. Jesus in Matthew 10:37 says anyone who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me — the Levites enact this principle in the most costly possible form.
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