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# 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 stiffened their necks
This is an metaphor that means that they were stubborn. Alternate translation: "they were very stubborn" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])