6 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a ⁱstubborn people.

The Golden Calf

13 “Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people. 14 Let me alone, that I may destroy them and ^rblot out their name from under heaven. ^sAnd I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

16 ^qCircumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no longer ^rstubborn.