Exodus 32:28 References

28 So athe sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

a Numbers 25:7-13, Deuteronomy 33:9

Numbers 25

7 aWhen Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand,

8 and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. aSo the plague on the sons of Israel was checked.

9 aThose who died by the plague were 24,000.

10 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

11 "aPhinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel bin My jealousy.

12 "Therefore say, 'aBehold, I give him My bcovenant of peace;

13 and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a aperpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and bmade atonement for the sons of Israel.'"

Deuteronomy 33

9 aWho said of his father and his mother, 'I did not consider them'; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For bthey observed Your word, And kept Your covenant.