Exodus 32:27
He said to them, “Yahweh, 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.’”This verse in the real world
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- יָרֵךְyârêkthe thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figurativel
- הָרַגhâragto smite with deadly intent
- רֵעַrêaʻan associate (more or less close)
- מַחֲנֶהmachănehan encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or
- שַׁעַרshaʻaran opening, i.e. door or gate
- חֶרֶבcherebdrought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or ot
- עָבַרʻâbarto cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intr
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Num 25:5, Luk 14:26, Deu 33:8–9, Num 25:7–12, Exo 32:26, Exo 32:29, 2Co 5:16