3. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way.
4. When the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned and no man put on his ornaments.
5. For the Lord had said to Moses, Say to the Israelites, You are a stiff-necked people! If I should come among you for one moment, I would consume and destroy you. Now therefore [penitently] leave off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.
6. And the Israelites left off all their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.