John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 33:6
And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments ,.... Such as before described, and this they did: by the Mount Horeb ; before their departure from thence, and where they had been guilty of the idolatry: the words may be literally rendered, "from Mount Horeb" F21 מהר "a monte", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Drusius; "procul a monte", Junius & Tremellius, Piscato. ; and Jonathan understands the preceding clause of something they put off which they received from... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 33:1-6
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 them that they are so.? He that knows them better than they know themselves says so of them. God would... read more