1 Therefore, holy "brothers," sharing in a heavenly calling, reflect on Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession,
2 who was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was "faithful in (all) his house."
3 But he is worthy of more "glory" than Moses, as the founder of a house has more "honor" than the house itself.
4 Every house is founded by someone, but the founder of all is God.
5 Moses was "faithful in all his house" as a "servant" to testify to what would be spoken,
6 but Christ was faithful as a son placed over his house. We are his house, if (only) we hold fast to our confidence and pride in our hope.
7 Therefore, as the holy Spirit says: "Oh, that today you would hear his voice,
8 'Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion in the day of testing in the desert,
9 where your ancestors tested and tried me and saw my works
10 for forty years. Because of this I was provoked with that generation and I said, "They have always been of erring heart, and they do not know my ways."
11 As I swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter into my rest."'"
12 Take care, brothers, that none of you may have an evil and unfaithful heart, so as to forsake the living God.
13 Encourage yourselves daily while it is still "today," so that none of you may grow hardened by the deceit of sin.
14 We have become partners of Christ if only we hold the beginning of the reality firm until the end,
15 for it is said: "Oh, that today you would hear his voice: 'Harden not your hearts as at the rebellion.'"
16 Who were those who rebelled when they heard? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt under Moses?
17 With whom was he "provoked for forty years"? Was it not those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the desert?
18 And to whom did he "swear that they should not enter into his rest," if not to those who were disobedient?
19 And we see that they could not enter for lack of faith.
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Hebrews 3 deals with the contrast between God's faithfulness and the infidelity of the people of Israel during the desert journey. The author urges readers to maintain their trust in God and persevere in faith. In addition, the chapter highlights Jesus' superiority over Moses and the importance of listening to the voice of God.
Psalm 95:7-8: "For he is our God, and we people of his pasture and sheep of his hand. Today, if you hear your voice, do not harden your hearts." This verse is quoted in Hebrews 3:7-8 to emphasize the importance of listening to the voice of God and does not harden the heart, as the people of Israel did during the desert journey.
Numbers 14:22: "Certainly all these men who saw my glory and my signs I did in Egypt and the desert, and yet tried to me these ten times, and have not listened to my voice." This verse is quoted in Hebrews 3:16-19 as an example of the infidelity of the people of Israel in the desert and as a warning to readers not to follow the same path.
Deuteronomy 1:35-36: "None of them, from this wicked generation, will see the good land that I swore to give your parents except Caleb, son of Jephonh; He will see it, and the land that stepped on I will give him and his children, because he persevered to follow the Lord. " This verse is quoted in Hebrews 3:12 as an example of perseverance in faith in order to encourage readers not to give up on their journeys.
Psalm 106:24-25: "They despised the pleasant earth, they did not believe in their Word, but they murmured in their tents, and did not hear the voice of the Lord." This verse is quoted in Hebrews 3:18-19 to emphasize the consequence of disbelief and lack of obedience to the voice of God.
Jeremiah 31:31-34: "But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord, I shall put my law inside, and write it into His heart; and I will be your God and They will be my people. And they shall not teach each other to his neighbor, nor each to his brother, saying, Know to the Lord; for all will know me, from the smallest to the greatest of them, says the Lord; for I will forgive them to Your iniquity, and I will never remember your sins again. " This verse is quoted in Hebrews 3:7-8 to highlight the superiority of the new pact made in Jesus, which allows believers to have a direct relationship with God and have their transgressions forgiven.
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