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Exodus 33:1-6

God Refuses to Accompany Israel

Exodus 33:1-6
1
ADONAI said to Moshe, "Leave, you and the people you brought up from the land of Egypt; and move on from here toward the land of which I swore to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya'akov, 'I will give it to your descendants.'
2
I will send an angel ahead of you; and I will drive out the Kena'ani, Emori, Hitti, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi.
3
You will go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I myself will not go with you, because you are such a stiffnecked people that I might destroy you on the way."
4
When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning; and no one wore his ornaments.
5
ADONAI said to Moshe, "Tell the people of Isra'el, 'You are a stiffnecked people! If I were to go up with you for even one moment, I would exterminate you! Now, keep your ornaments off; then I will decide what to do to you.'"
6
So from Mount Horev onward, the people of Isra'el stripped themselves of their ornaments.
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