Exodus 33:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 33:4

2 ^aAnd I will send My Angel before you, ^band I will drive out the Canaanite and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite.

3 Go up ^ato a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, lest ^bI consume you on the way, for you are ^ca stiff-necked people.”

4 And when the people heard this bad news, ^athey mourned, ^band no one put on his ornaments.

5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your¹ ornaments, that I may ^aknow what to do to you.’ ”

6 So the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

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7 Moses took his tent and pitched it outside the camp, far from the camp, and ^acalled it the tabernacle of meeting. And it came to pass that everyone who ^bsought the Lord went out to the tabernacle of meeting which was outside the camp.

8 So it was, whenever Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose, and each man stood ^aat his tent door and watched Moses until he had gone into the tabernacle.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 33:4

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American Standard Version
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

Amplified® Bible
When the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned and no man put on his ornaments.

Contemporary English Version
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,

Darby English Version
And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

Good News Bible
When the people heard this, they began to mourn and did not wear jewelry any more.

King James Version
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

New American Standard Bible
When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments.

New International Version
When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.

New King James Version
And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments.

Revised Standard Version
When the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.

Young's Literal Translation
And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.

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