The Levites Ordained After Killing Their Brothers… because…

Posted on 19. Feb, 2010 by John in Christianity, Everything

In Exodus 32:25-29 Moses comes down the mountain from receiving the commandments and finds that the people are worshipping idols, BUT did you ever realize that THIS is what happened afterwards?

25 And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), 26 then Moses stood in the gate of the camp and said, “Who is on the Lord’s side? Come to me.” And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. 27 And he said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Put your sword on your side each of you, and go to and fro from gate to gate throughout the camp, and each of you kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’ ” 28 And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell. 29 And Moses said, “Today you have been ordained for the service of the Lord, each one at the cost of his son and of his brother, so that he might bestow a blessing upon you this day.”

I think it’s crazy that Moses says what he says in v29. Tell me what you think in the comments below.