Exodus 33:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For the Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the Israelites: You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up with you for a single moment, I would destroy you. Now take off your jewellery, and I will decide what to do with you.’

Cross References

Numbers 16:21

‘Separate yourselves from this community so I may consume them instantly.’

Lamentations 4:6

The punishment of my dear people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand laid on it.

Isaiah 22:12

On that day the Lord God of Armies called for weeping,  for wailing, for shaven heads, and for the wearing of sackcloth.

Job 34:20

They die suddenly in the middle of the night; people shudder, then pass away. Even the mighty are removed without effort.

Deuteronomy 8:2

Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.

Genesis 22:12

Then he said, ‘Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him. For now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.’

Genesis 18:21

I will go down  to see if what they have done justifies the cry that has come up to me. If not, I will find out.’

Acts 7:51

‘You stiff-necked  people with uncircumcised hearts and ears!  You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.

Exodus 32:9

The Lord also said to Moses, ‘I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked  people.

Exodus 33:6

So the Israelites remained stripped of their jewellery from Mount Horeb onward.

Isaiah 48:4

Because I know that you are stubborn, and your neck is iron and your forehead bronze,

Joel 2:12

Even now – this is the  Lord’s declaration – turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.