Exodus 33:5

For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; should I go up one moment in the midst of thee, I would consume thee; now therefore put off thy ornaments from thee, and I shall know what I will do unto thee.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

In Context

4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man did put his ornaments on him.

6The children of Israel then stripped themselves of their ornaments [they wore] from [the time they were at] mount Horeb.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:12And he said, Lay not thy hand upon the lad, neither do thou the least unto him; for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing that thou hast not withheld thy son, thy only one, from me.

Exodus 33:3Unto a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, because thou art a stiffnecked people; lest I consume thee on the way.

Numbers 16:45(17:10) Remove yourselves from the midst of this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.

Job 34:20In a moment will they die, and in the midst of the night; people are moved, and pass away: and the mighty will be removed without a human hand.

Psalms 139:23Search me through, O God, and know my heart; probe me, and know my thoughts:

Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that thou art obstinate, that like an iron sinew is thy neck, and thy brow of copper;

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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