King James Version
What Does Exodus 33:6 Mean?
“And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.”
Context
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And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.
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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.
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And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb.
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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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And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(6) **And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments**—*i.e., *left off their ornaments, ceased to wear them altogether.
**By the mount Horeb.**—Rather, *from mount Horeb, i.e., *from the time of their first discarding them in Horeb (= Sinai).
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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