⁹ The Lord also said to Moses: “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked^(A) people.

¹⁶ Therefore, circumcise your hearts^(A) and don’t be stiff-necked any longer.

¹³ But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.^(A)