Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
Exodus 33:6 - Easy To Read Version So the people of Israel stopped wearing their jewelry at Mount Horeb (Sinai). Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Israelites left off all their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward. American Standard Version (1901) And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments from mount Horeb onward. Common English Bible So after leaving Mount Horeb the Israelites rid themselves of their jewelry. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the sons of Israel put aside their ornaments before Mount Horeb. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the children of Israel laid aside their ornaments by mount Horeb. |
Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
So all the people gathered their gold earrings and brought them to Aaron.
The people heard this bad news and became very sad. And the people stopped wearing jewelry.
Why? Because the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the people of Israel, ‘You are a stubborn people. I might destroy you even if I travel with you only a short time. So take off all your jewelry while I decide [332] what to do with you.’”
Moses used to take a tent a short way outside the camp. Moses called it “the meeting tent. [333] ” Any person who wanted to ask something from the Lord would go to the meeting tent outside the camp.
You did bad things,\par and those bad things will only\par bring punishment to you.\par Trouble will come to you.\par And that trouble will teach you a lesson.\par Think about it!\par Then you will understand how bad it is\par to turn away from your God.\par It is wrong not to fear and respect me!”\par This message was from my Master,\par the Lord All-Powerful.\par
The people of Nineveh believed \{the message from\} God. The people decided to stop eating for a time \{to think about their sins\}. The people put on special clothes \{to show that they were sorry\}. All the people in the city did this—the most important people and the least important people.