Exodus 32:9
And Hashem said unto Moshe, I have seen this people, and, hinei, it is an Am Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked, obstinate people);
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 33:3Unto an Eretz zavat cholov and devash; for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art an Am Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked, obstinate people); lest I consume thee in HaDerech.
Exodus 34:9And he said, If now I have found chen in Thy sight, Adonoi, let Adonoi, now, go among us; although it is an Am Kesheh Oref; and forgive avoneinu and chattateinu, and take us for Thine nachalah.
Deuteronomy 9:13Furthermore Hashem spoke unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is an Am Kesheh Oref (stiffnecked people):
Deuteronomy 31:27For I know thy meri (rebellion), and thy oref hakasheh (stiff neck); behold, while I am yet alive with you today, ye have been mamrim (rebellious) against Hashem; and how much more after my death!
Nehemiah 9:16But they and Avoteinu dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and paid heed not to Thy mitzvot,
Psalms 78:8And might not be as their Avot, 1 a dor sorer u'moreh (stubborn and rebellious generation); 1 a generation that set not its lev aright, 1 and whose ruach was not faithful to G-d. 1
Matthew Henry on Exodus 32:8-15
The Intercession of Moses. ( b. c. 1491.) 7 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: 8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. 9 And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a… Read the whole commentary →