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Moise le-a zis, " Daca sotia ta sau fratele sau sora ta sau oricine au dansat inaintea acelui vitel de aur, taiati-i! O idolatrie de acel gen nu poate fi permis!" Scriptura spune ca acesti oameni au ascultat: " Copiii lui Levi au facut dupa porunca lui Moise..." (Versetul 28).
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The "sons of Levi" were the great grandchildren of Levi — a man who had been a spiritual wimp! Levi was the son of Jacob who, with his brother Simeon, had made his family to stink before the surrounding heathen. These two brothers each had taken a sword and slain Shechem for raping their sister Dinah. They also killed Shechem's father, Hamor, and took all their sheep, oxen, donkeys, wealth — even their wives and little ones. What an ugly, horrible picture of Levi!
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Moses wies sie an: „Wenn deine Frau oder dein Bruder oder deine Schwester oder irgendjemand vor dem goldenen Kalb getanzt hat, dann schneidet sie ab. Jene Art von Götzendienst darf nicht erlaubt werden!“ Die Schrift sagt, dass diese Männer gehorchten: „Die Söhne Levis nun handelten nach dem Wort des Mose“ (32,28).
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