Exodus 32:27
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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 (A)kill his brother and his companion and his neighbor.’”
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Numbers 25:5
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5 And Moses said to (A)the judges of Israel, (B)“Each of you kill those of his men who have yoked themselves to Baal of Peor.”
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2 Corinthians 5:16
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16 From now on, therefore, (A)we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
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Luke 14:26
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26 (A)“If anyone comes to me and (B)does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, (C)yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
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Deuteronomy 33:8-9
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8 And (A)of Levi he said,
“Give to Levi[a] (B)your Thummim,
and your Urim to your godly one,
(C)whom you tested at Massah,
with whom you quarreled at the waters of Meribah;
9 who said of his father and mother,
‘I regard them not’;
(D)he disowned his brothers
and ignored his children.
For (E)they observed your word
and kept your covenant.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 33:8 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint; Masoretic Text lacks Give to Levi
Numbers 25:7-12
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7 (A)When Phinehas (B)the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation and took a spear in his hand 8 and went after the man of Israel into the chamber and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman through her belly. Thus the plague on the people of Israel was stopped. 9 Nevertheless, (C)those who died by the plague were twenty-four thousand.
The Zeal of Phinehas
10 And the Lord said to Moses, 11 “Phinehas the son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest, has turned back my wrath from the people of Israel, in that he (D)was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the people of Israel in (E)my jealousy. 12 Therefore say, (F)‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,
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Exodus 32:29
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29 And Moses said, “Today you have been (A)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.”
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Exodus 32:26
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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.
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