1 Therefore, holy brothers, called to a supernatural vocation, consider Jesus, the apostle and High Priest of our faith.
2 He is faithful to God who appointed him, just as Moses was a faithful steward over God's household
3 but Jesus deserves much greater honor than Moses, since he who builds the house is greater than the house.
4 As every house has a builder, God is the builder of all.
5 It is said that Moses was found faithful as a servant of God over all his household, and as witness of a former revelation from God.
6 Christ came as the Son, to whom the house belongs; and we are his household, provided that we stand firm in hope and courage.
7 Listen to what the Holy Spirit says: If only you would hear God's voice today!
8 Do not be stubborn, as they were in the place called Rebellion,
9 when your ancestors challenged me in the desert, although they had seen my deeds
10 for forty years. That is why I was angry with those people and said: Their hearts are always going astray and they do not understand my ways.
11 I was angry and made a solemn vow: They will never enter my rest.
12 So, brothers, be careful lest some of you come to have an evil and unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.
13 Encourage one another, day by day, as long as it is called today. Let no one become hardened in the deceitful way of sin.
14 We are associated with Christ provided we hold steadfastly to our initial hope until the end.
15 Scripture says: If you hear God's voice, do not be stubborn as they were in the place called Rebellion.
16 Who are those who having heard still rebelled? They were all those who came out of Egypt with Moses.
17 With whom was God angry for forty years? With those who sinned and whose bodies fell in the desert.
18 To whom did God swear that they would not enter into his rest? To those who had disobeyed.
19 We see then that unbelief prevented them from reaching their rest.
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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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