The Lord had said to Moses,“ Tell the Israelites,‘ You are stubborn. If I went with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your jewelry. Then I will decide what to do with you.’ ”

耶和华对摩西说：“你告诉以色列人说：‘耶和华说：你们是硬着颈项的百姓，我若一霎时临到你们中间，必灭绝你们。现在你们要把身上的妆饰摘下来，使我可以知道怎样待你们。’”

耶和华对摩西说：“你对以色列人说：‘你们是硬着颈项的百姓，我若在你们中间一起上去，只一瞬间，就必把你们灭绝。现在把你们身上的首饰摘下来，我好知道该怎样处置你们。’”

耶和华对摩西说：“你对以色列人说：‘你们是硬着颈项的百姓，我若在你们中间一起上去，只一瞬间，就必把你们灭绝。现在把你们身上的首饰摘下来，我好知道该怎样处置你们。’”

耶和华对摩西说：“你去向以色列百姓宣布，‘你们这些顽固不化的人，我就是跟你们在一起待一刻，都恐怕会灭绝你们。现在你们要摘下自己身上的饰物，我再决定怎样处置你们。’”

耶和华对摩西说：“你要对以色列人说：‘你们是硬着颈项的民；我若是霎时间与你们同行，我会把你们消灭的；所以，现在你们要把你们身上的装饰脱下来，使我知道我要怎样处置你们。’”

耶和華對摩西說：「你告訴以色列人說：『耶和華說：你們是硬着頸項的百姓，我若一霎時臨到你們中間，必滅絕你們。現在你們要把身上的妝飾摘下來，使我可以知道怎樣待你們。』」

耶和華對摩西說：「你對以色列人說：『你們是硬着頸項的百姓，我若在你們中間一起上去，只一瞬間，就必把你們滅絕。現在把你們身上的首飾摘下來，我好知道該怎樣處置你們。』」

耶和華對摩西說：「你對以色列人說：『你們是硬着頸項的百姓，我若在你們中間一起上去，只一瞬間，就必把你們滅絕。現在把你們身上的首飾摘下來，我好知道該怎樣處置你們。』」

耶和華對摩西說：「你去向以色列百姓宣佈，『你們這些頑固不化的人，我就是跟你們在一起待一刻，都恐怕會滅絕你們。現在你們要摘下自己身上的飾物，我再決定怎樣處置你們。』」

耶和華對摩西說：“你要對以色列人說：‘你們是硬著頸項的民；我若是霎時間與你們同行，我會把你們消滅的；所以，現在你們要把你們身上的裝飾脫下來，使我知道我要怎樣處置你們。’”

永恆主對摩西說：『你要對以色列人說：「你們是脖子硬的人民；我若眨眼間臨到你們中間，是會把你們滅盡的；如今你們要把身上的妝飾脫下來，讓我知道要怎樣處置你們。」』

耶和華諭摩西曰、告以色列族云、爾乃強項之民、我若俄頃之間臨於爾中、必行翦滅、爾且去其文飾、我思何以待爾、

主又諭摩西曰、爾告以色列人云、主曰、爾為強項之民、我若降臨爾中、俄頃間必翦滅爾、今且去爾文飾、則我知若何待爾、

For the Lord had said to Moses,“ Tell the Israelites,‘ You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’”

For the Lord had said to Moses,“ Say to the people of Israel,‘ You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’”

For the Lord had told Moses to tell them,“ You are a stubborn and rebellious people. If I were to travel with you for even a moment, I would destroy you. Remove your jewelry and fine clothes while I decide what to do with you.”

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 jewelry, and I will decide what to do with you.”

For the Lord had said to Moses,“ Say to the sons of Israel,‘ You are an obstinate people; if I were to go up in your midst for just one moment, I would destroy you. So now, take off your jewelry that I may know what I shall do to you.’ ”

For the Lord had said to Moses,“ Say to the children of Israel,‘ You are a stiff-necked people. I could come up into your midst in one moment and consume you. Now therefore, take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do to you.’”

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people; if I go up into the midst of thee for one moment, I shall consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

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

For 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.

For the LORD had said to Moses,“ Tell the Israelites,‘ You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”

Yahweh had said to Moses,“ Tell the children of Israel,‘ You are a stiff- necked people. If I were to go up among you for one moment, I would consume you. Therefore now take off your jewelry from you, that I may know what to do to you.’”

“ Get away from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.” And Moses and Aaron fell with their faces to the ground.Moses said to Aaron,“ Take your incense cup. Put incense in it. And put burning coals from the altar in it. Then hurry to the people and pay for their sin. The Lord has begun to show his anger. The plague has started.”

“ Separate yourselves from these people. Then I can put an end to all of them at once.”

Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way. He guided you in the desert for these 40 years. He wanted to take your pride away. He wanted to test you to know what was in your hearts. He wanted to see whether you would obey his commands.

The Lord who rules over all called out to you at that time. The Lord told you to weep and cry. He told you to tear your hair out. And he told you to put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad.

My people have been punished more than Sodom was. It was destroyed in a moment. No one offered it a helping hand.

that I will go down and see for myself. I want to see if what they have done is as bad as the cries that have reached me. If it is not, then I will know.”

“ Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said.“ Do not harm him. Now I know that you would do anything for God. You have not held back from me your son, your only son.”

They die suddenly in the middle of the night. God strikes them down, and they pass away. Even people who are mighty are removed, but not by human hands.

God, see what is in my heart. Know what is there. Test me. Know what I’m thinking.

Go up to the land that has plenty of milk and honey. But I will not go with you. You are stubborn. I might destroy you on the way.”When the people heard these painful words, they began to mourn. No one put on any jewelry.

It will happen very suddenly. A terrible death will take them away completely.