Deuteronomy 9:6

⁶ Know that Jehovah thy God gives thee not this good land to possess it by thy justice; for thou^◦ art a stiffnecked people.

Thanks to the Kempton Project for the permission to use this New Church translation of the Word.

Calves

In Genesis 18:7, this signifies natural good which here is called tender from the truth of good. (Arcana Coelestia 2180)

In Hosea 14:2, the calves of the lips signify confessions from the affection of truth.