Exodus 32 · Verse 27

Exodus 32:27

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.
Exodus 32:27, King James Version

Exodus 32:27 in other translations

BSBHe told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
WEBHe said to them, “The LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘Every man put his sword on his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.’”
ASVAnd he said unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Put ye every man his sword upon his thigh, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor.
YLTand he saith to them, ‘Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, Put each his sword by his thigh, pass over and turn back from gate to gate through the camp, and slay each his brother, and each his friend, and each his relation.'
DARBYAnd he said to them, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Put every man his sword upon his hip; go and return from gate to gate through the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbour.
BBEAnd he said to them, This is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: Let every man take his sword at his side, and go from one end of the tents to the other, putting to death his brother and his friend and his neighbour.
WebsterAnd he said to 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 neighbor.

What does Exodus 32:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 32:26-28

26-28. Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said--The camp is supposed to have been protected by a rampart after the attack of the Amalekites. Who is on the Lord's side? let him come unto me--The zeal and courage of Moses was astonishing, considering he opposed an intoxicated mob. The people were separated into two divisions, and those who were the boldest and most obstinate in vindicating their idolatry were…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 From gate to gate - It is probable that there was an enclosed or entrenched camp, in which the chief rulers and heads of the people were, and that this camp had two gates or outlets; and the Levites were commanded to pass from one to the other, slaying as many of the transgressors as they could find.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 32:21-29

Never did any wise man make a more frivolous and foolish excuse than that of Aaron. We must never be drawn into sin by any thing man can say or do to us; for men can but tempt us to sin, they cannot force us. The approach of Moses turned the dancing into trembling. They were exposed to shame by their sin. The course Moses took to roll away this reproach, was, not by concealing the sin, or putting any false colour…

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Exodus 32:27 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לָהֶ֗םla.Hemto <the> them
כֹּֽה\־koh-thusH3541
אָמַ֤ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
שִׂ֥ימוּSi.muputH7760
אִישׁ\־'ish-everyoneH376
חַרְבּ֖וֹchar.Bosword hisH2719
עַל\־'al-onH5921
יְרֵכ֑וֹye.re.Khothigh hisH3409
עִבְר֨וּ'iv.RupassH5674
וָשׁ֜וּבוּva.Shu.vuand returnH7725
מִשַּׁ֤עַרmi.Sha.'arfrom gateH8179
לָשַׁ֙עַר֙la.Sha.'arto gateH8179
בַּֽמַּחֲנֶ֔הba.ma.cha.Nehin the campH4264
וְהִרְג֧וּve.hir.Guand killH2026
אִֽישׁ\־'ish-everyoneH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
אָחִ֛יו'a.Chivbrother hisH251
וְאִ֥ישׁve.'Ishand everyoneH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
רֵעֵ֖הוּre.'E.hufriend hisH7453
וְאִ֥ישׁve.'Ishand everyoneH376
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
קְרֹבֽוֹ\׃ke.ro.Voneighbor hisH7138

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 32:27

  • Numbers 25:5

    And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal–peor.

  • Luke 14:26

    If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

  • Deuteronomy 33:8-9

    And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.

  • Numbers 25:7-12

    And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, …

  • Exodus 32:29

    For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves to day to the Lord, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:16

    Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more.

  • Exodus 32:26

    Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
slay every man.
26,29; Nu 25:5,7-12; De 33:8,9; Lu 14:26; 2Co 5:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 32:26

    Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the Lord’s side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him.

  • Exodus 32:27

    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.

  • Exodus 32:28

    And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.

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Exodus 32:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y él les dijo: Así ha dicho Jehová, el Dios de Israel: Poned cada uno su espada sobre su muslo: pasad y volved de puerta á puerta por el campo, y matad cada uno á su hermano, y á su amigo, y á su pariente.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il leur dit: Ainsi dit l’ Éternel, le Dieu d’Israël: Que chacun mette son épée sur sa cuisse; passez et revenez d’une porte à l’autre dans le camp, et que chacun de vous tue son frère, et chacun son compagnon, et chacun son intime ami.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er sprach zu ihnen: Also spricht Jehova, der Gott Israels: Leget ein jeder sein Schwert an seine Hüfte, gehet hin und wieder, von Tor zu Tor im Lager, und erschlaget ein jeder seinen Bruder und ein jeder seinen Freund und ein jeder seinen Nachbar.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
quibus ait: Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël: Ponat vir gladium super femur suum: ite, et redite de porta usque ad portam per medium castrorum, et occidat unusquisque fratrem, et amicum, et proximum suum.