Exodus 33:6

6 After they left Mount Horeb, the Israelites no longer wore their jewelry.

Exodus 33:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 33:6

And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their
ornaments
Such as before described, and this they did,

by the Mount Horeb;
before their departure from thence, and where they had been guilty of the idolatry: the words may be literally rendered, "from Mount Horeb" ^F21; and Jonathan understands the preceding clause of something they put off which they received from thence; but the meaning is, that they went to some distance from Mount Horeb, and there stripped themselves to show their greater humiliation, and the sense they had of their unworthiness of being near to the Lord, or enjoying his presence.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rhm) "a monte", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "procul a monte", Junius & Tremellius, Piscato.

Exodus 33:6 In-Context

4 When the people heard this bad news, they acted as if someone had died. No one wore any jewelry.

5 The LORD had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, 'You are impossible to deal with. If I were with you, I might destroy you at any time. Now take off your jewelry, and I'll decide what to do with you.'"

6 After they left Mount Horeb, the Israelites no longer wore their jewelry.

7 Now, Moses used to take a tent and set it up far outside the camp. He called it the tent of meeting. Anyone who was seeking the LORD's will used to go outside the camp to the tent of meeting.

8 Whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would rise and stand at the entrances to their tents and watch Moses until he went in.