Exodus 32:9

Exodus · Old Testament · Chapter 32

“And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:”Exodus 32:9

What Does Exodus 32:9 Mean?

Exodus 32:9 is found in the book of Exodus, chapter 32, verse 9 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (20)

These passages are connected to Exodus 32:9 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Isaiah 48:4“Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;”Acts 7:51“Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.”Psalms 78:8“And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.”Exodus 33:3“Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.”Deuteronomy 9:13“Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:”Exodus 33:5“For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.”Exodus 34:9“And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.”Deuteronomy 31:27“For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?”2 Chronicles 30:8“Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.”Deuteronomy 9:6“Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.”Deuteronomy 10:16“Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.”Nehemiah 9:17“And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.”Psalms 75:5“Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.”Proverbs 29:1“He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.”Genesis 18:32“And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten’s sake.”2 Kings 17:14“Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God.”Nehemiah 9:16“But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments,”Jeremiah 13:27“I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?”Hosea 6:10“I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.”

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