Exodus 33 · Verse 6

Exodus 33:6

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
Exodus 33:6, King James Version

Exodus 33:6 in other translations

BSBSo the Israelites stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
WEBThe children of Israel stripped themselves of their jewelry from Mount Horeb onward.
ASVAnd the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward.
YLTand the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.
DARBYAnd the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments at mount Horeb.
BBESo the children of Israel took off their ornaments at Mount Horeb, and did not put them on again.
WebsterAnd the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, by the mount Horeb.

What does Exodus 33:6 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 33:1-6

Those whom God pardons, must be made to know what their sin deserved. "Let them go forward as they are;" this was very expressive of God's displeasure. Though he promises to make good his covenant with Abraham, in giving them Canaan, yet he denies them the tokens of his presence they had been blessed with. The people mourned for their sin. Of all the bitter fruits and consequences of sin, true penitents most lament…

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Exodus 33:6 in the original Hebrew

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וַיִּֽתְנַצְּל֧וּvai.yit.na.tze.Luand they stripped themselvesH5337
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֶדְיָ֖ם'ed.Yamornament[s] theirH5716
מֵהַ֥רme.Harfrom [the] mountain ofH2022
חוֹרֵֽב\׃cho.RevHorebH2722

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 33:6

  • Exodus 33:4

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

  • Exodus 32:3

    And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

  • Jeremiah 2:19

    Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.

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4; 32:3; Jer 2:19

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Context

  • Exodus 33:5

    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.

  • Exodus 33:6

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

  • Exodus 33:7

    And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

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Exodus 33:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Entonces los hijos de Israel se despojaron de sus atavíos desde el monte Horeb.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les fils d’Israël se dépouillèrent de leurs ornements, à la montagne de Horeb.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Kinder Israel rissen sich ihren Schmuck ab an dem Berge Horeb.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Deposuerunt ergo filii Israël ornatum suum a monte Horeb.