# 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 stiff-necked

This is an idiom that means that they were stubborn. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])