Exodus 33:3

to a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”

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WEBBE

Go to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up amongst you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I consume you on the way.”

BSB

Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people; otherwise, I might destroy you on the way.”

KJV

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.

ASV

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.

BBE

Go up to that land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, for fear that I send destruction on you while you are on the way.

Original Hebrew

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אֶל־ 'el- to H413 אֶרֶץ 'e·retz a land H776 זָבַת za·vat flowing of H2100 חָלָב cha·lav milk H2461 וּדְבָשׁ u·de·vash and honey H1706 כִּי ki for H3588 לֹא lo' not H3808 אֶעֱלֶה 'e·'e·leh I will go up H5927 בְּקִרְבְּךָ be·kir·be·cha in midst your H7130 כִּי ki for H3588 עַם־ 'am- [are] a people H5971 קְשֵׁה־ ke·sheh- stiff of H7186 עֹרֶף 'o·ref neck H6203 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 פֶּן־ pen- lest H6435 אֲכֶלְךָ 'a·khel·kha I should make an end of you H3615 בַּדָּרֶךְ ba·da·rekh on the journey H1870

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

Those whom God pardons, must be made to know what their sin deserved. "Let them go forward as they are;" this was very expressive of God's displeasure. Though he promises to make good his covenant with Abraham, in giving them Canaan, yet he denies them the tokens of his presence they had been blessed with. The people mourned for their sin. Of all the bitter fruits and consequences of sin, true penitents most lament, and dread most, God's departure from them. Canaan itself would be no pleasant land without the Lord's presence. Those who parted with ornaments to maintain sin, could do no less than lay aside ornaments, in token of sorrow and shame for it.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.