Exodus 33:6

6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

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

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.'"

6 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by Mount Horeb.

7 And Moses took the tabernacle and pitched it outside the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass that every one who sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was outside the camp.

8 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 had gone into the tabernacle.