When the people heard this [a]sad word, (A)they went into mourning, and none of them put on his jewelry. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are [b](B)an obstinate people; if I [c]were to go up in your midst for just one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your [d]jewelry that I may know what I shall do to you.’” So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry, from Mount Horeb onward.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 33:4 Lit evil
  2. Exodus 33:5 Or a stiff-necked
  3. Exodus 33:5 Or go up...I will destroy
  4. Exodus 33:5 Lit jewelry from you, that

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