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4-5 Even before the Lord said these harsh things, he had told Moses, “These people really are rebellious, and I would kill them at once, if I went with them. But tell them to take off their fancy jewelry, then I'll decide what to do with them.” So the people started mourning, and after leaving Mount Sinai,[a] they stopped wearing fancy jewelry.

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  1. 33.6 Mount Sinai: The Hebrew text has “Mount Horeb,” another name for Sinai.

When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn(A) and no one put on any ornaments. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people.(B) If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy(C) you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’” So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments at Mount Horeb.(D)

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