Exodus 33:6

So the Israelites took off their jewelry from the time they left Mount Sinai.

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In The King James Version

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

In Context

5For the Lord had previously told Moses, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘You are a rebellious people. If I was with you for just a moment, I would wipe you out. Now remove your jewelry, and I'll decide what to do with you.’”

7Moses used to set up the Tent of Meeting some way outside the camp. Anyone who wanted to ask the Lord anything could go out there to the Tent of Meeting.

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Cross References

Exodus 33:4When the people heard these words of criticism, they mourned and didn't put on their jewelry.

Jonah 3:5The people of Nineveh believed in God. They announced a fast, and all of them, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:2-7

The Israelites Reproved. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: 2 And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: 3 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for… Read the whole commentary →

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