Exodus 32:25-29
And when Moses saw that the people had broken loose (for Aaron had let them break loose, to the derision of their enemies), 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.
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.’” And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses. And that day about three thousand men of the people fell.
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 preached on this last night at chapel and talked about how in any crowd of people, some are going to follow God whole-heartedly and some aren’t going to give a rip about Him at all.
I talked about how God chose the Levites from then-on to be His servant tribe–the ones that would handle all of the sacrifices and religious duties in the new nation.
But there was one thing I left out.