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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.

13 And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people(A), and they are a stiff-necked people indeed! 14 Let me alone,(B) so that I may destroy them and blot out(C) their name from under heaven.(D) And I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.”

15 So I turned and went down from the mountain while it was ablaze with fire. And the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.(E)

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