Exodus 34:9 meaning and explanation
“O Lord,” he said, “if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.”
Exodus 34:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Moses speaks here on Mount Sinai, after the golden calf has broken the first covenant and the LORD has revealed His character as compassionate and forgiving (verses 6 and 7). Moses asks God to travel with Israel despite their stubbornness, using the Hebrew word qasheh, meaning hard or stiff, for a people set in their ways.
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