^{4 (J)} When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. ^{5 (E)} 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.'" ^{6 (E)} Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.