As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold.

When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his jewelry.

For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the sons of Israel, ‘You are an obstinate people; if I were to go up in your midst for just one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry that I may know what I shall do to you.’”

So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry, from Mount Horeb onward.