And when the people heard this evil tidings, they sorrowed, and no man put on his best raiment.

(For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiff-necked people, I will come suddenly upon thee and consume thee: therefore now put thy costly raiment from thee, that I may know [a]what to do unto thee.)

So the children of Israel laid their good raiment from them, after Moses came down from the mount Horeb.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 33:5 That either I may show mercy, if thou repent, or else punish thy rebellion.

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