Hebrews 3:17-19

3:17 And against whom was God ¹  provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? ²  3:18 And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? 3:19 So ³  we see that they could not enter because of unbelief.

Hebrews 3:1-2

Jesus and Moses

3:1 Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ⁴  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ⁵  3:2 who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s ⁶  house. ⁷ 

[3:17]  ¹ tn Grk “he”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:17]  ² sn An allusion to God’s judgment pronounced in Num 14:29, 32.

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

[3:1]  ⁵ tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 2:11.

[3:1]  ⁶ tn Grk “of our confession.”

[3:2]  ⁷ tn Grk “his”; in the translation the referent (God) has been specified for clarity.

[3:2]  ⁸ 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.