“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.”
Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to take possession of, for you are a stiff-necked people — the description stiff-necked (the Hebrew qesheh oref) recurs throughout Deuteronomy and indicates Israel's chronic rebellion and resistance to divine will. This frame prepares for the recital of Israel's own wickedness.
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