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13 The Lord said to me, “I have watched these people, and they are very ·stubborn [L stiff-necked]! 14 Get away so that I may destroy them and ·make the whole world forget who they are [L blot off their name from under heaven]. Then I will make another nation from you that will be bigger and stronger than they are.”

15 So I turned and came down the mountain that was burning with fire, and the two stone tablets with the ·Agreement [Covenant; Treaty] were in my hands.

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13 Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn[a] lot! 14 Stand aside[b] and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory,[c] and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are.”

15 So I turned and went down the mountain while it[d] was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 9:13 tn Heb “stiff-necked.” See note on the word “stubborn” in 9:6.
  2. Deuteronomy 9:14 tn Heb “leave me alone.”
  3. Deuteronomy 9:14 tn Heb “from under heaven.”
  4. Deuteronomy 9:15 tn Heb “the mountain.” The translation uses a pronoun for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.