5For 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.
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Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. …
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. …
In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-6)Here is, I. The message which God sent by Moses to the children of Israel, signifying the continuance of the displeasure against them, and the bad terms they yet stood upon with God. This he must let them know for their further mortification. 1. He applies to them a mortifying name, by giving them their just character— a stiff-necked people , Exod. 33:3 , 5 . “Go,” says God to Moses, “go and tell…
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