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Stiff-necked

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This is a brief cross-reference entry. For the full topic material click the following topic: Obduracy.

Stiff-necked is the prophetic and Mosaic figure for unyielding hardness toward God — a refusal to bend the neck under correction, rebuke, or covenant claim — used of Israel in the wilderness, of antediluvian and pagan generations, and of individuals who persist in resisting reproof.

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