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-\v 16 But they and our ancestors acted disrespectfully, and they were stubborn, and did not listen to your commandments.
+\v 16 But they and our ancestors acted disrespectfully, and they were stiff-necked and did not listen to your commandments.
 \v 17 They refused to listen, and they did not think about the wonders that you had done among them, but became stubborn, and in their rebellion they appointed a leader to return to their slavery. But you are a God who is full of forgiveness, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love. You did not abandon them.
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 \v 18 Even when they had cast a calf out of molten metal and said, 'This is your God who brought you up out of Egypt,' and had committed great blasphemies,