Exodus 33:23 — Meaning and Application

Exodus 33:1

"And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, {and} go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it:"

Exodus 33:2

"And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:"

Exodus 33:3

"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 in the way."

Exodus 33:4

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

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."