Deuteronomy 9:6 KJV — MannaFest

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.

KJV

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ASV

Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.

WEB

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.

YLT

and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou art .

DBT

Know therefore that Jehovah thyGod doth not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people.

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Deuteronomy — Moses' farewell sermons on the plains of Moab. The covenant renewed for the generation about to cross — with the Shema at its heart and Moses' song on its lips.

Author: Moses — the sermons on the plains of Moab; ch. 34 (his death) traditionally attributed to Joshua
Date: The final weeks of Moses' life on the plains of Moab, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
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:
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?
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.

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To make it evident that they had no reason to boast of their own righteousness, he mentions their faults, shows Israel their transgressions, and the house of Jacob their sins.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

) it is insisted on, because it is hard to bring people from a conceit of their own merit, and yet very necessary that it be done: " Understand (know it, and believe it, and consider it) that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this land for thy righteousness.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

It was not for the sake of the Israelites, but for His own sake, for the promise made to their pious ancestors, and in furtherance of high and comprehensive purposes of good to the world, that God was about to give them a grant of Canaan.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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DEU 9:6ACT 7:51 DEU 10:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
DEU 9:6DEU 10:16 JER 4:4
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
DEU 9:6ACT 7:51 LEV 26:41
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
DEU 9:6DEU 10:16 DEU 30:6
DEU 9:6ACT 7:51 ISA 63:10
DEU 9:6ACT 7:51 EPH 4:30
DEU 9:6DEU 10:16 COL 2:11
DEU 9:6EXO 32:9 ACT 7:51

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