Deuteronomy 9:13

13 The Lord also said to me, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:13 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 9:13

Furthermore the Lord spake unto me, saying
After he had given him the two tables, and before his departure from the mount:

I have seen this people;
took notice of them, their ways, and their works:

and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people;
unwilling to submit to, and bear the yoke of my commandments; see ( Exodus 32:9 ) .

Deuteronomy 9:13 In-Context

11 The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant, at the end of the 40 days and 40 nights.

12 "The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go down immediately from here. For your people you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned from the way that I commanded them; they have made a cast image for themselves.'

13 The Lord also said to me, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, they are a stiff-necked people.

14 Leave Me alone, and I will destroy them and blot out their name under heaven. Then I will make you into a nation stronger and more numerous than they.'

15 "So I went back down the mountain, while it was blazing with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands.