And there fell of the people that day about three thousand men Probably these were but few in comparison with the many that were guilty; but these were the men that headed the rebellion, and were therefore picked out to be made examples of, for terror to others.
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Exodus 32:28
28 And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men.