Exodus 33:3

“Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up in your midst, for you are a stubborn people, lest I consume you on the way.””
Exodus 33:3 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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Go up to a landאֶל אֶרֶץflowingזָבַתwith milkחָלָבand honey;וּדְבָשׁbutכִּיI will notלֹאgo upאֶעֱלֶהin your midst,בְּקִרְבְּךָforכִּיyouאַתָּהare a stubbornקְשֵׁה עֹרֶףpeople,עַםlestפֶּןI consume youאֲכֶלְךָon the way.”בַּדָּרֶךְ

Allusion · Acts 7:51

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Stephen calls his hearers “stiff-necked,” the expression with which YHWH describes Israel after the golden calf (Exodus 32:9; 33:3, 5).

They share words that are rare in the original, without a quotation.

קְשֵׁהkesheH7186ΣκληροτράχηλοιSklērotrachēloiG4644“hard, difficult”

Exodus 33:3, word by word

Go up to a landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “erets” appears

flowingזָבַתzavat

flow

For water to run; a land rich in milk and honey.

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with milkחָלָבchalav

milk

Milk.

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and honeyדְבָשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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go upאֶעֱלֶהeele

go up

To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.

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in your midstקִרְבְּkirb

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

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are a stubbornקְשֵׁהkeshe

stubborn

Unyielding: "stiff-necked people".

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are a stubbornעֹרֶףoref

stubbornness

Unbending: "hard-necked".

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peopleעַםam

people

A group of people united by family, land and customs: a nation.

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I consume youאֲכֶלְachel

destroy

To put an end to something, destroy it.

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on the wayדָּרֶךְdarech

road

The track or route by which one goes from one place to another.

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The context

2And I will send before you an angel, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

3 · This verse (above)

4When the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

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