# Connecting Statement:
In these verses, the Levites continue to praise Yahweh in the presence of the people of Israel.
# they and our ancestors
the Israelites at the time of Moses and the people of Israel after the time of Moses
# they were stubborn ... became stubborn
The literal statement is "they hardened their necks." If your language has a different idiom for being stubborn, you may want to use it here. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])