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Exodus 33:4

World English Bible

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

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Exodus 33:4 in other translations

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

Exodus 33:4 · American Standard Version

Exodus 33:4 in context

  1. 2I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
  2. 3Go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”
  3. 4When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.
  4. 5Yahweh had said to Moses, “Tell the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’ ”
  5. 6The children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.