⁹ The Lord also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked^(A) people.

⁶ Understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land^(A) to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.^(B)

¹³ The Lord also said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

⁴ The descendants are obstinate^[a] and hardhearted.^(A) I am sending you to them, and you must say to them, ‘This is what the Lord God says.’