Nehemiah 9:16

“But they – our ancestors ¹  – behaved presumptuously; they rebelled ²  and did not obey your commandments.

Ex 15:26; Ex 32:9; De 5:29; De 9:6,13,23,24,27; De 31:27; De 32:15; 2Ki 17:14; 2Ch 30:8; 2Ch 36:13; Ne 9:10,29; Ps 78:8-72; Ps 81:8,11-14; Ps 95:8-10; Ps 106:6; Pr 29:1; Isa 48:4; Isa 48:18; Isa 63:10; Jer 2:31; Jer 19:15; Ac 7:51; Ro 2:5; Heb 3:13,15

¹ tn Heb “and our fathers.” The vav is explicative.

² tn Heb “they stiffened their neck” (so also in the following verse).