Exodus 33:3 “Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with yo…”

Exodus 33:3

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.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Go 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 consume you on the way.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

To a lande, I say, that floweth with milke and hony: for I will not goe vp with thee, because thou art a stiffe necked people, least I consume thee in the way.

Darby Translation

into a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in the midst of thee, for thou art a stiff-necked people, — lest I consume thee on the way.

Young's Literal Translation

unto a land flowing with milk and honey, for I do not go up in thy midst, for thou [art] a stiff-necked people — lest I consume thee in the way.'

Bible in Basic English

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.

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Cross references

“a land”

Exodus 3:8 Jeremiah 11:5 Joshua 5:6 Exodus 13:5 Leviticus 20:24 Numbers 13:27

Exodus 3:8 · BSB

I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the home of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzi…

Jeremiah 11:5 · BSB

This was in order to establish the oath I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is to this day.” “Amen, LORD,” I answered.

Joshua 5:6 · BSB

For the Israelites had wandered in the wilderness forty years, until all the nation’s men of war who had come out of Egypt had died, since they did not obey the LORD. So the LORD vowed never to let them see the land He h…

Exodus 13:5 · BSB

And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this se…

Leviticus 20:24 · BSB

But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

Numbers 13:27 · BSB

And they gave this account to Moses: “We went into the land to which you sent us, and indeed, it is flowing with milk and honey. Here is some of its fruit!

“for I”

Exodus 33:15–17 Ezekiel 33:13–16 Exodus 32:14 Numbers 14:12 1 Samuel 2:30 Jeremiah 18:7–10

Exodus 33:15–17 · BSB

“If Your Presence does not go with us,” Moses replied, “do not lead us up from here.

Ezekiel 33:13–16 · BSB

If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but he then trusts in his righteousness and commits iniquity, then none of his righteous works will be remembered; he will die because of the iniquity he has committe…

Exodus 32:14 · BSB

So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.

Numbers 14:12 · BSB

I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”

1 Samuel 2:30 · BSB

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who hono…

Jeremiah 18:7–10 · BSB

At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed.

“stiff-necked”

Deuteronomy 9:6–13 Acts 7:51 Exodus 34:9 Psalm 78:8 Exodus 32:9

Deuteronomy 9:6–13 · BSB

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

Exodus 34:9 · BSB

“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”

Psalm 78:8 · BSB

Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.

Exodus 32:9 · BSB

The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.

“lest I”

Numbers 16:21 Numbers 16:45 Exodus 23:21 Amos 3:13 Amos 3:14

Numbers 16:21 · BSB

“Separate yourselves from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.”

Numbers 16:45 · BSB

“Get away from this congregation so that I may consume them in an instant.” And Moses and Aaron fell facedown.

Exodus 23:21 · BSB

Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.

Amos 3:13 · BSB

Hear and testify against the house of Jacob, declares the Lord GOD, the God of Hosts.

Amos 3:14 · BSB

On the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will visit destruction on the altars of Bethel; the horns of the altar will be cut off, and they will fall to the ground.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2And I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

4When the people heard this bad news, they went into mourning, and no one put on any of his jewelry.

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