Exodus 33:5
The Lord said to Moses, "Tell the children of Israel, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up into your midst for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.'"
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In Context
4When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.
6The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
Cross References
Genesis 22:12He said, "Do not lay your hand on the boy, neither do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son, from me."
Exodus 33:3to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you in the way."
Numbers 16:45"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment!" They fell on their faces.
Job 34:20In a moment they die, even at midnight.The people are shaken and pass away.The mighty are taken away without a hand.
Psalms 139:23Search me, God, and know my heart.Try me, and know my thoughts.
Isaiah 48:4Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass;
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 →