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Exodus 33:4

GriefRepentance

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.”

When the people heard these bad tidings, 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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BSB
When the people heard these bad tidings, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.
KJV
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
WEB
When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.
ASV
And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
DARBY
And when the people heard this evil word, they mourned; and no man put on his ornaments.
BLB
And the people heard this bad word, and they mourned; and no man put his ornaments on himself.
ÅB
Da folket hørte denne hårde tale, sørget de, og ingen tok sine smykker på seg.
OTB
Da folket hørte disse urovekkende ordene, sørget de, og ingen prydet seg med smykker.
B1930
Da folket hørte denne hårde tale, sørget de, og ingen tok sine smykker på sig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 14:39

    And when Moses relayed these words to all the Israelites, the people mourned bitterly.

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  • Leviticus 10:6

    Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not let your hair become disheveled and do not tear your garments, or else you will die, and the LORD will be angry with the whole congregation. But your brothers, the whole house of Israel, may mourn on account of the fire that the LORD has ignited.

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  • Numbers 14:1

    Then the whole congregation lifted up their voices and cried out, and that night the people wept.

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  • Ezekiel 24:17

    Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”

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  • Ezekiel 24:23

    Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.

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  • Ezekiel 26:16

    All the princes of the sea will descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their embroidered garments. Clothed with terror, they will sit on the ground, trembling every moment, appalled over you.

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  • Zechariah 7:3

    by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”

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  • Jonah 3:6

    When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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