The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people."
Exodus 32:9
He reiterates this at Exodus 33. God is describing how he will drive out the Canaanites, and a half dozen other miscellaneous tribes, from the land of Israel.
“Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you in the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
Compare it to Acts 7:51
"You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. 52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—…"
