^3 (A)Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; ^(B)but I will not go up among you, ^(C)lest I consume you on the way, for you are a ^(D)stiff-necked people.”

⁵ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a ^(A)stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would ^(B)consume you. So now ^(C)take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’”

⁹ And he said, “If now I have found favour in your sight, O Lord, please ^(A)let the Lord go in the midst of us, for ^(B)it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for ^(C)your inheritance.”

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)a stubborn people.

The Golden Calf

^13 (A)“Furthermore, the Lord said to me, ‘I have seen this people, and behold, it is ^(B)a stubborn people.