4. The people heard this bad news and became very sad, so they stopped wearing jewelry.
5. This was because the Lord said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stubborn people. I might destroy you even if I travel with you only a short time. So take off all your jewelry while I decide what to do with you.’”
6. So the Israelites stopped wearing their jewelry at Mount Horeb.
7. Moses used to take a tent a short way outside the camp. He called it “the meeting tent.” Anyone who wanted to ask something from the Lord would go to the meeting tent outside the camp.