Exodus 33:5

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Summary

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.

Ye are

Exodus 33:3

Numbers 16:45

In a moment

Put off

Isaiah 22:12

I may

Bible References

Ye are

Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them. And they went down on their faces.

In a moment

Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

Suddenly they come to an end, even in the middle of the night: the blow comes on the men of wealth, and they are gone, and the strong are taken away without the hand of man.

How suddenly are they wasted! fears are the cause of their destruction.

For the punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of Sodom, which was overturned suddenly without any hand falling on her.

Put off

And in that day the Lord, the Lord of armies, was looking for weeping, and cries of sorrow, cutting off of the hair, and putting on the clothing of grief:

I may

I will go down now, and see if their acts are as bad as they seem from the outcry which has come to me; and if they are not, I will see.

And he said, Let not your hand be stretched out against the boy to do anything to him; for now I am certain that the fear of God is in your heart, because you have not kept back your son, your only son, from me.

And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.

O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested: