Exodus 33:1-6
Modern English Version
The Command to Leave Sinai
33 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your descendants I will give it.’ 2 I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. 3 Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. However, I will not go up in your midst, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way.”
4 When the people heard this disturbing word, they mourned. And no one put on his ornaments. 5 For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the children of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for one moment, I might destroy you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, so that I may know what I will do to you.’ ” 6 The children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.
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Exodus 33:1-6
Lexham English Bible
Command to Resume Travel
33 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, “Go, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land that I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, ‘I will give it to your offspring.’ 2 And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites,[a] the Amorites,[b] and the Hittites[c] and the Perizzites,[d] the Hivites,[e] and the Jebusites,[f] 3 Go to a land flowing with milk and honey, but I will not go up among you, because you are a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way.” 4 And the people heard this troubling[g] word, and they mourned, and they each did not put their ornaments on themselves.
5 And Yahweh said to Moses, “Say to the Israelites,[h] ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if one moment I were to go up among you, I would destroy you. And now take down your ornaments from on you, and I will decide[i] what I will do to you.” 6 And the Israelites[j] stripped themselves of their ornaments from Mount Horeb onward.
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- Exodus 33:2 Hebrew “Canaanite”
- Exodus 33:2 Hebrew “Amorite”
- Exodus 33:2 Hebrew “Hittite”
- Exodus 33:2 Hebrew “Perizzite”
- Exodus 33:2 Hebrew “Hivite”
- Exodus 33:2 Hebrew “Jebusite”
- Exodus 33:4 Or “bad,” “disastrous,” “calamitous”
- Exodus 33:5 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Exodus 33:5 Literally “know”
- Exodus 33:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
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