Exodus 33:5
And Jehovah saith unto Moses, 'Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye [are] a stiff-necked people; one moment — I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;'
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.
6and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.
Cross References
Genesis 22:12and He saith, 'Put not forth thine hand unto the youth, nor do anything to him, for now I have known that thou art fearing God, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only one, from Me.'
Exodus 33:3unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou [art] a stiff-necked people — lest I consume thee in the way.'
Numbers 16:45'Get you up from the midst of this company, and I consume them in a moment;' and they fall on their faces,
Job 34:20[In] a moment they die, and at midnight Shake do people, and they pass away, And they remove the mighty without hand.
Psalms 139:23Search me, O God, and know my heart, Try me, and know my thoughts,
Isaiah 48:4From my knowing that thou art obstinate, And a sinew of iron thy neck, And thy forehead 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 →