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.
KJV
Hebrew original
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֗ם כֹּֽה אָמַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל שִׂ֥ימוּ אִישׁ חַרְבּ֖/וֹ עַל יְרֵכ֑/וֹ עִבְר֨וּ וָ/שׁ֜וּבוּ מִ/שַּׁ֤עַר לָ/שַׁ֨עַר֙ בַּֽ/מַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְ/הִרְג֧וּ אִֽישׁ אֶת אָחִ֛י/ו וְ/אִ֥ישׁ אֶת רֵעֵ֖/הוּ וְ/אִ֥ישׁ אֶת קְרֹבֽ/וֹ
Louis Segond 1910
Il leur dit: Ainsi parle l'Eternel, le Dieu d'Israël: Que chacun de vous mette son épée au côté; traversez et parcourez le camp d'une porte à l'autre, et que chacun tue son frère, son parent.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Ebrietate
ἱ υἱοὶ Λευί, καθὰ ἐλάλησε Μωυσῆς, καὶ ἔπεσον ἐκ τοῦ λαοῦ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ εἰς τρισχιλίους ἄνδρας“ (Exod. 32, 27. 28). καὶ τοὺς τοσαύτην ἀνῃρηκότας πληθὺν ἐπαινεῖ φάσκων· „ἐπληρώσατε τὰς χεῖρας σήμερον κυρίῳ, ἕκαστος ἐν τῷ υἱῷ ἢ τῷ ἀδελφῷ, δοθῆναι ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς εὐλογίαν“ (Exod. 32,29…
Philo Judaeus
De Fuga Et Inventione
ῷ καί τινι κατοκωχῇ θεοφορήτῳ χρησάμενοι; „καὶ κτείνει ἕκαστος ἀδελφὸν καὶ πλησίον καὶ τὸν ἔγγιστα“ (Exod. 32,27), ἀδελφὸν μὲν ψυχῆς τὸ σῶμα, τὸ δὲ λογικοῦ πλησίον τὸ ἄλογον, τὸν δὲ ἔγγιστα νοῦ τὸν προφορικὸν λόγον. οὕτως γὰρ ἂν μόνως θεραπευτικὸν γένοιτο τοῦ τῶν ὄντων ἀρίστου τὸ…
Lucifer of Cagliari
Book on Not Sparing Those Who Sin Against God
today, for each of you was against his own son and brother, and the Lord has blessed you this day" (Exodus 32:26-29). We are insolent to you just as Moses was to that stubborn people. They did not like what Moses said or did when they had already chosen not to serve the God who h…
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