The Levites obeyed Moses’ command, and about 3,000 people died that day.

利未的子孙照摩西的话行了。那一天百姓中被杀的约有三千。

利未人遵照摩西的话做了。那一天百姓中倒下的约有三千人。

利未人遵照摩西的话做了。那一天百姓中倒下的约有三千人。

利未人便照摩西的话去做。那一天，约有三千人被杀。

利未的子孙照着摩西的话作了；那一天，人民中被杀的约有三千人。

利未的子孫照摩西的話行了。那一天百姓中被殺的約有三千。

利未人遵照摩西的話做了。那一天百姓中倒下的約有三千人。

利未人遵照摩西的話做了。那一天百姓中倒下的約有三千人。

利未人便照摩西的話去做。那一天，約有三千人被殺。

利未的子孫照著摩西的話作了；那一天，人民中被殺的約有三千人。

利未人的子孫照摩西的話去行；那一天之內人民中倒斃的、約有三千人。

利未人從其言、是日民中殞者、約三千人、

利未族從其言、是日以色列民死亡者、不下三千人。

利未人遵摩西所命而行、是日、民中死亡者約三千人、

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

The Levites did as Moses commanded. About 3,000 of the people died that day.

And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and about three thousand men fell dead that day among the people.

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

So the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And about three thousand men of the people fell that day.

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

The Levites did as Moses commanded, and about 3,000 men fell dead that day among the people.

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

The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died.

The sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. About three thousand men fell of the people that day.

The Levites obeyed your word and guarded your covenant. They were more loyal to you than to their own parents. They ignored their relatives and did not acknowledge their own children.

And we must not engage in sexual immorality as some of them did, causing 23,000 of them to die in one day.

The earth opened its mouth and swallowed the men, along with their households and all their followers who were standing with them, and everything they owned.So they went down alive into the grave, along with all their belongings. The earth closed over them, and they all vanished from among the people of Israel.All the people around them fled when they heard their screams.“ The earth will swallow us, too!” they cried.Then fire blazed forth from the Lord and burned up the 250 men who were offering incense.

Then at last you will know it was I who sent you this warning so that my covenant with the Levites can continue,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.“ The purpose of my covenant with the Levites was to bring life and peace, and that is what I gave them. This required reverence from them, and they greatly revered me and stood in awe of my name.They passed on to the people the truth of the instructions they received from me. They did not lie or cheat; they walked with me, living good and righteous lives, and they turned many from lives of sin.

But the very next morning the whole community of Israel began muttering again against Moses and Aaron, saying,“ You have killed the Lord’s people!”

For the message God delivered through angels has always stood firm, and every violation of the law and every act of disobedience was punished.So what makes us think we can escape if we ignore this great salvation that was first announced by the Lord Jesus himself and then delivered to us by those who heard him speak?