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Deuteronomy 9:13-20

13 And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!

14 Let me alone, so that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven. 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.

16 When I looked, I saw that you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves an idol cast in the shape of a calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way that the Lord had commanded you.

17 So I took the two tablets and threw them out of my hands, breaking them to pieces before your eyes.

18 Then once again I fell prostrate before the Lord for forty days and forty nights; I ate no bread and drank no water, because of all the sin you had committed, doing what was evil in the Lord’s sight and so provoking him to anger.

19 I feared the anger and wrath of the Lord, for he was angry enough with you to destroy you. But again the Lord listened to me.

20 And the Lord was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him, but at that time I prayed for Aaron too.

Cross References for Deuteronomy 9:13-20

Genesis 11:5 - But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building. Click to read the verse Genesis 11:5 Click to read the verse Genesis 11:5

Acts 7:51 - “You stiff-necked people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are just like your fathers: Y... Click to read the verse Acts 7:51 Click to read the verse Acts 7:51

Genesis 18:21 - that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me.... Click to read the verse Genesis 18:21 Click to read the verse Genesis 18:21

Deuteronomy 10:16 - Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer. Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 10:16 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 10:16

Exodus 32:9-10 - “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. Click to read the verse Exodus 32:9-10 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:9-10

Malachi 3:5 - “So I will come to put you on trial. I will be quick to testify against sorcerers, adulterers a... Click to read the verse Malachi 3:5 Click to read the verse Malachi 3:5

Jeremiah 13:27 - your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution! I have seen your detestable... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:27 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 13:27

2 Kings 17:14 - But they would not listen and were as stiff-necked as their fathers, who did not trust in the L... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:14 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 17:14

Nehemiah 9:16 - “But they, our forefathers, became arrogant and stiff-necked, and did not obey your commands. Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:16 Click to read the verse Nehemiah 9:16

Psalms 50:7 - “Hear, O my people, and I will speak, O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, your ... Click to read the verse Psalms 50:7 Click to read the verse Psalms 50:7

Exodus 32:9 - “I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people. Click to read the verse Exodus 32:9 Click to read the verse Exodus 32:9

Psalms 78:8 - They would not be like their forefathers— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts we... Click to read the verse Psalms 78:8 Click to read the verse Psalms 78:8

Deuteronomy 31:27 - For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lor... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 31:27 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 31:27

Hosea 6:10 - I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel. There Ephraim is given to prostitution and... Click to read the verse Hosea 6:10 Click to read the verse Hosea 6:10

Deuteronomy 9:6 - Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 9:6 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 9:6

Jeremiah 7:11 - Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! ... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 7:11 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 7:11

Romans 10:21 - But concerning Israel he says, “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and obst... Click to read the verse Romans 10:21 Click to read the verse Romans 10:21