Neh 9:29 | ESV | STEP | And you warned them in order to turn them back to your law . Yet they acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments , but sinned against your rules , which if a person does them, he shall live by them, and they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck and would not obey .

a[See ver. 26 above]

‏ Nehemiah 9:29

29 ^aAnd you warned them in order to turn them back to your law. Yet ^bthey acted presumptuously and did not obey your commandments, but sinned against your rules, ^cwhich if a person does them, he shall live by them, ^dand they turned a stubborn shoulder ^eand stiffened their neck and would not obey.