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Exodus 33:4

American Standard Version

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

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Exodus 33:4 in other translations

When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.

Exodus 33:4 · World English Bible

Exodus 33:4 in context

  1. 2and 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:
  2. 3unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiffnecked people, lest I consume thee in the way.
  3. 4And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
  4. 5And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
  5. 6And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.