Exodus 32
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Exodus 32:27-28

27Then 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.’ ”

28The Levites did as Moses commanded, and that day about three thousand of the people died.

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