Ibn Ezra on Ki Sisa 33:4

English: AND WHEN THE PEOPLE HEARD THESE EVIL TIDINGS. What evil tidings? 14 Evil tidings are recorded in verse 3 and in verse 5. Hence I.E.’s comment. The reference is to what is written afterwards, And the Lord said unto Moshe , etc. (v. 5). 15 In other words, verse 5 should come before verse 4. I.E. comments thus because verse 4 tells us, and no man did put on him his ornaments . However, verse 5 reads, And the Lord said unto Moshe…therefore now put off thy ornaments . Hence And the Lord said should be interpreted, and the Lord had said (Weiser). And the Lord said unto Moshe (Ex. 4:19) is similar. 16 Here too the meaning of and the Lord said is, and the Lord had said. See I.E. on Ex. 4:19. I have