⁹ “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked^(A) people.

³ Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey.^(A) But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked^(B) people and I might destroy^(C) you on the way.”

⁵ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people.^(A) If I were to go with you even for a moment, I might destroy^(B) you. Now take off your ornaments and I will decide what to do with you.’”

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

¹³ And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people^(A), and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!

²⁷ For I know how rebellious^(A) and stiff-necked^(B) you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!

⁴ The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn.^(A) Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’^(B)