9 And the Lord said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and behold, it is a ^qstiff-necked people.

9 And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go ^xin the midst of us, for it is a ^ystiff-necked people, and ^zpardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your ^ainheritance.”

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.

23 ^mYet ⁿthey did not listen or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck, that they might not hear and ^oreceive instruction.

51 “You stiff-necked people, ⁱuncircumcised in heart and ^jears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.