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A Stiff-Necked People
Commentators explain that the term "stiff-necked," used here for the first time in the Bible, is a powerful metaphor. It describes a people who are not just stubborn, but willfully perverse and resistant to God's guidance, like a horse that stiffens its neck against the reins or an ox that refuses the yoke. It signifies an obstinate refusal to submit to God's authority and law.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 32:7–35
18th Century
Theologian
The faithfulness of Moses in the office that had been entrusted to him was now to be put to the test. It was to be revealed whether he loved his ow…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 32:9
19th Century
Bishop
It is a stiff-necked people. —This phrase, afterwards so common (Exodus 33:3; Exodus 33:5; [Refer…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 32:8–10
19th Century
Preacher
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 sacri…
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John Calvin
On Exodus 32:9
16th Century
Theologian
I have seen this people, and behold. This was, indeed, the sharpest and sorest trial of Moses' faith, when God seemed to contradict Himsel…
John Gill
On Exodus 32:9
17th Century
Pastor
And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people
He had observed their ways and works, their carriage and behav…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 32:7–14
17th Century
Minister
God says to Moses that the Israelites had corrupted themselves. Sin is the corruption of the sinner, and it is a self-corruption; every man is …