Exodus 33:6 (YLT)

Passage

and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.

Nearby Context

Exodus 33:4 And the people hear this sad thing, and mourn; and none put his ornaments on him.

Exodus 33:5 And Jehovah saith unto Moses, `Say unto the sons of Israel, Ye <FI>are<Fi> a stiff-necked people; one moment--I come up into thy midst, and have consumed thee; and now, put down thine ornaments from off thee, and I know what I do to thee;'

Exodus 33:6 and the sons of Israel take off their ornaments at mount Horeb.

Exodus 33:7 And Moses taketh the tent, and hath stretched it out at the outside of the camp, afar off from the camp, and hath called it, `Tent of Meeting;' and it hath come to pass, every one seeking Jehovah goeth out unto the tent of meeting, which <FI>is<Fi> at the outside of the camp.

Exodus 33:8 And it hath come to pass, at the going out of Moses unto the tent, all the people rise, and have stood, each at the opening of his tent, and have looked expectingly after Moses, until his going into the tent.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "israel", "take", "ornaments", "mount", and "horeb". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "israel", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And Jehovah saith unto Moses Say unto..." into verse 7's "And Moses taketh the tent and hath...", so "sons" and "israel" belong inside that flow. In Exodus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "sons" and "israel" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.