Discovery BoxDeuteronomy 9:6 
Context9:6 Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn 1 people!
Deuteronomy 9:13
Context9:13 Moreover, he said to me, “I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn 2 lot!
1 tn Heb “stiff-necked” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).
sn The Hebrew word translated stubborn means “stiff-necked.” The image is that of a draft animal that is unsubmissive to the rein or yoke and refuses to bend its neck to draw the load. This is an apt description of OT Israel (Exod 32:9; 33:3, 5; 34:9; Deut 9:13).
2 tn Heb “stiff-necked.” See note on the word “stubborn” in 9:6.
