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Exodus 33:4

GriefRepentance

2 And 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:

3 Unto 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.

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

5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.

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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.

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Cross references

  • Numbers 14:39

    And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly.

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  • Leviticus 10:6

    And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled.

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  • Numbers 14:1

    And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night.

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  • Ezekiel 24:17

    Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men.

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  • Ezekiel 24:23

    And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another.

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  • Ezekiel 26:16

    Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee.

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  • Zechariah 7:3

    And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?

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  • Jonah 3:6

    For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

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