Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Exodus 33:4
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When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
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¶ And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
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When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.
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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
2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.
3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”
4 When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
5 For the LORD had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I should go with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.’”
6 So the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
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