Chūāijíjì 32:29

29 Móxī shuō , jīntiān nǐmen yào zì jié , guī Yēhéhuá wéi shèng , gèrén gōngjī tāde érzi hé dìxiōng , shǐ Yēhéhuá cì fú yǔ nǐmen .

Chūāijíjì 32:29 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 32:29

For Moses had said
To the Levites, when he first gave them their orders:

consecrate yourselves today to the Lord;
devote yourselves to his service, by obeying his orders, slaying those, or the heads of them, who have cast so much contempt upon him as to worship the golden calf in his room; and which would be as acceptable to him as the offerings were, by which Aaron and his sons were consecrated to the Lord; and as these Levites were consecrated to his service this day, on this account:

[even] every man upon his son, and upon his brother;
not sparing the nearest relation found in this idolatry, and for which the tribe of Levi is commended and blessed in the blessing of Moses, ( Deuteronomy 33:8 Deuteronomy 33:9 ) and as it follows,

that he may bestow a blessing upon you this day;
which was their being taken into the service of God to minister to the priests in the sanctuary, to bear the vessels of the Lord, and for their maintenance to have the tithes of the people: this day was, according to the Jewish writers ^F19, the seventeenth of Tammuz, or June, on which day the Jews keep a fast upon this account.

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Sedar Olam Rabba, c. 6. p. 18. Pirke Eliezer, c. 46.

Chūāijíjì 32:29 In-Context

27 Tā duì tāmen shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén zhèyàng shuō , nǐmen gèrén bǎ dāo kuà zaì yào jiàn , zaì yíng zhōng wǎng lái , cóng zhè mén dào nà mén , gèrén shā tāde dìxiōng yǔ tóngbàn bìng línshè .

28 Lìwèi de zǐsūn zhào Móxī de huà xíng le . nà yī tiān bǎixìng zhōng beì shā de yuē yǒu sān qiā .

29 Móxī shuō , jīntiān nǐmen yào zì jié , guī Yēhéhuá wéi shèng , gèrén gōngjī tāde érzi hé dìxiōng , shǐ Yēhéhuá cì fú yǔ nǐmen .

30 Dào le dì èr tiān , Móxī duì bǎixìng shuō , nǐmen fàn le dà zuì . wǒ rújīn yào shàng Yēhéhuá nàli qù , huòzhĕ kĕyǐ wéi nǐmen shú zuì .

31 Móxī huí dào Yēhéhuá nàli , shuō , aì , zhè bǎixìng fàn le dà zuì , wéi zìjǐ zuò le jīn xiàng .