Ibrani 3:1-19

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ¹  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ²  3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s ³  house. ⁴  3:3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 3:4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 3:5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s ⁵  house ⁶  as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. 3:6 But Christ ⁷  is faithful as a son over God’s ⁸  house. We are of his house, ⁹  if in fact we hold firmly ¹⁰  to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. ¹¹ 

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith

3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, ¹² 

“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ¹³ 

3:8 “Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

3:9 “There your fathers tested me and tried me, ¹⁴  and they saw my works for forty years.

3:10 “Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering ¹⁵  and they have not known my ways.’

3:11 “As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!’” ¹⁶ 

3:12 See to it, ¹⁷  brothers and sisters, ¹⁸  that none of you has ¹⁹  an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes ²⁰  the living God. ²¹  3:13 But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,” that none of you may become hardened by sin’s deception. 3:14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence ²²  firm until the end. 3:15 As it says, ²³  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ²⁴  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ²⁵  3:16 For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership? ²⁶  3:17 And against whom was God ²⁷  provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? ²⁸  3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? 3:19 So ²⁹  we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

Ibrani 10:26-31

10:26 For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, ³⁰  10:27 but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury ³¹  of fire that will consume God’s enemies. ³²  10:28 Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death ³³  without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ³⁴  10:29 How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for ³⁵  the Son of God, and profanes ³⁶  the blood of the covenant that made him holy, ³⁷  and insults the Spirit of grace? 10:30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” ³⁸  and again, “The Lord will judge his people.” ³⁹  10:31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

[3:1]  ¹ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ² tn Grk “of our confession.”

[3:2]  ³ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:2]  ⁴ tc ‡ The reading adopted by the translation follows a few early mss and some versions (Ì^13,46vid B vg^ms co Ambr). The majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï lat sy) insert “all” (“in all his house”), apparently in anticipation of Heb 3:5 which quotes directly from Num 12:7. On balance, the omission better explains the rise of ὅλῳ ({olw, “all”) than vice versa. NA²⁷ puts ὅλῳ in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

[3:5]  ⁵ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:5]  ⁶ sn A quotation from Num 12:7.

[3:6]  ⁷ sn The Greek makes the contrast between v. 5 and v. 6a more emphatic and explicit than is easily done in English.

[3:6]  ⁸ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:6]  ⁹ tn Grk “whose house we are,” continuing the previous sentence.

[3:6]  ¹⁰ tc The reading adopted by the translation is found in Ì^13,46 B sa, while the vast majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 0243 0278 33 1739 1881 Ï latt) add μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν (mecri telou" bebaian, “secure until the end”). The external evidence for the omission, though minimal, has excellent credentials. Considering the internal factors, B. M. Metzger (TCGNT 595) finds it surprising that the feminine adjective βεβαίαν should modify the neuter noun καύχημα (kauchma, here translated “we take pride”), a fact that suggests that even the form of the word was borrowed from another place. Since the same phrase occurs at Heb 3:14, it is likely that later scribes added it here at Heb 3:6 in anticipation of Heb 3:14. While these words belong at 3:14, they seem foreign to 3:6.

[3:6]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the pride of our hope.”

[3:7]  ¹² sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.

[3:7]  ¹³ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:9]  ¹⁴ tn Grk “tested me by trial.”

[3:10]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “they are wandering in the heart.”

[3:11]  ¹⁶ tn Grk “if they shall enter my rest,” a Hebrew idiom expressing an oath that something will certainly not happen.

[3:12]  ¹⁷ tn Or “take care.”

[3:12]  ¹⁸ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:12]  ¹⁹ tn Grk “that there not be in any of you.”

[3:12]  ²⁰ tn Or “deserts,” “rebels against.”

[3:12]  ²¹ tn Grk “in forsaking the living God.”

[3:14]  ²² tn Grk “the beginning of the confidence.”

[3:15]  ²³ tn Grk “while it is said.”

[3:15]  ²⁴ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:15]  ²⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

[3:16]  ²⁶ tn Grk “through Moses.”

[3:17]  ²⁷ tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:17]  ²⁸ sn An allusion to God’s judgment pronounced in Num 14:29, 32.

[3:19]  ²⁹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “So” to indicate a summary or conclusion to the argument of the preceding paragraph.

[10:26]  ³⁰ tn Grk “is left,” with “for us” implied by the first half of the verse.

[10:27]  ³¹ tn Grk “zeal,” recalling God’s jealous protection of his holiness and honor (cf. Exod 20:5).

[10:27]  sn An allusion to Zeph 1:18.

[10:27]  ³² tn Grk “the enemies.”

[10:27]  sn An allusion to Isa 26:11.

[10:28]  ³³ tn Grk “dies.”

[10:28]  ³⁴ sn An allusion to Deut 17:6.

[10:29]  ³⁵ tn Grk “tramples under foot.”

[10:29]  ³⁶ tn Grk “regarded as common.”

[10:29]  ³⁷ tn Grk “by which he was made holy.”

[10:30]  ³⁸ sn A quotation from Deut 32:35.

[10:30]  ³⁹ sn A quotation from Deut 32:36.