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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּ֨אמֶר vai.Yo.mer	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
Moses	מֹשֶׁ֗ה mo.Sheh	H4872	Mosheh · proper noun, a man's name
Say	אֱמֹ֤ר 'e.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
children	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
stiffnecked	קְשֵׁה ke.sheh-	H7186	severe (in various applications) · adjective, masculine singular construct
people	עַם 'am-	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
up	אֶֽעֱלֶ֥ה 'e.'e.Leh	H5927	to ascend · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
midst	בְקִרְבְּךָ֖ ve.kir.be.Cha	H7130	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
a	אֶחָ֛ד 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
moment	רֶ֧גַע Re.ga'	H7281	a wink (of the eyes) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
consume	וְכִלִּיתִ֑יךָ ve.khi.li.Ti.kha	H3615	to end · conjunction + verb, piel sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
off	הוֹרֵ֤ד ho.Red	H3381	to descend (literally · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
ornaments	עֶדְיְךָ֙ 'ed.ye.Kha	H5716	finery · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
know	וְאֵדְעָ֖ה ve.'e.de.'Ah	H3045	to know (properly · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
do	אֶֽעֱשֶׂה 'e.'e.seh-	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 33:3-4 Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee i…
Numbers 16:21 Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Deuteronomy 8:2 And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee,…
Numbers 16:45-46 Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces.
Psalms 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Genesis 22:12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not…
Job 34:20 In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
Psalms 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:1-6

Here is, I. The message which God sent by Moses to the children of Israel, signifying the continuance of the displeasure against them, and the bad terms they yet stood upon with God. This he must let them know for their further mortification. 1. He applies to them a mortifying name, by giving them their just character - a stiff-necked people, Exo 33:3, Exo 33:5. "Go," says God to Moses, "go and tell them that they are so." He that knows them better than they know themselves says so of them. God would have brought them under the yoke of his law, and into the bond of his covenant, but their necks were too stiff to bow to them. God would have cured them of their corrupt and crooked dispositions…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 33:5

put off thy ornaments--In seasons of mourning, it is customary with Eastern people to lay aside all gewgaws and divest themselves of their jewels, their gold, and every thing rich and splendid in their dress. This token of their sorrow the Lord required of His offending people. that I may know what to do unto thee--The language is accommodated to the feeble apprehensions of men. God judges the state of the heart by the tenor of the conduct. In the case of the Israelites, He cherished a design of mercy; and the moment He discerned the first symptoms of contrition, by their stripping off their ornaments, as penitents conscious of their error and sincerely sorrowful, this fact added its weigh…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 33:5

Now put off thy ornaments from thee - "The Septuagint, in their translation, suppose that the children of Israel not only laid aside their ear-rings, and such like ornaments, in a time of professed deep humiliation before God, but their upper or more beautiful garments too. Moses says nothing of this last circumstance; but as it is a modern practice, so it appears by their version to have been as ancient as their time, and probably took place long before that. The Septuagint gives us this as the translation of the passage: 'The people, having heard this sad declaration, mourned with lamentations. And the Lord said unto the children of Israel, Now, therefore, put off your robes of glory, and…

Dictionary and topics

Character Of The Wicked · Stiff-necked — Stiff-necked
Jewels · Regar — Regar
Time · Moments — Moments

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 33:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 33:5

Adam Clarke on Exodus 33:5

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 33:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 33:1-6

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 33:5

Adam Clarke on Exodus 33:5

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 33:5

John Calvin on Exodus 33:4-6

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 33:5

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 33:4-6

Rashi on Exodus 33:5