Deuteronomy - 9:13



13 Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, "I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people:

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Explanation and meaning of Deuteronomy 9:13.

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Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
And again the Lord said to me: I see that this people is stiffnecked:
And Jehovah speaketh unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and lo, a people stiff of neck it is;
And then the Lord said to me, I have seen that this people is stiff-necked:
And again, the Lord said to me: 'I discern that this people is stiff-necked.
Tunc dixit mihi Jehova, Vidi populum hunc, et ecce, populus est durae cervicis.

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Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying,.... After he had given him the two tables, and before his departure from the mount:
I have seen this people; took notice of them, their ways, and their works:
and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people; unwilling to submit to, and bear the yoke of my commandments; see Exodus 32:9.

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