²⁵ And Moses saw the people, that they were running wild^[a] because Aaron had allowed them to run wild,^[b] for a laughingstock among their enemies.^{[c] 26} And Moses stood at the entrance of the camp, and he said, “Whoever is for Yahweh, to me.” And all the sons of Levi were gathered to him. ²⁷ And he said to them, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘Put each his sword on his side. Go back and forth^[d] from gate to gate in the camp, and kill, each his brother and each his friend and each his close relative.’”