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God once spoke by means of his prophets, but now he has spoken by means of his Son (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/1#h=2:0-3:0"><strong>1:1-4</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>2. How the Son is superior to the angels (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/1#h=3:0-6:0"><strong>1:5-14</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Only to Jesus Christ did God say: “You are my son” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/1#h=3:0-4:0">1:5, 6</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Jesus Christ appointed as King by God (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/1#h=4:0-5:0">1:7-12</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Exalted to God’s right hand (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/1#h=5:0-6:0">1:13, 14</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>3. Necessary to pay more than the usual attention to what God has spoken through Christ (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/2#h=6:0-8:0"><strong>2:1-9</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Warning against neglecting the great salvation provided through Christ (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/2#h=6:0-7:0">2:1-4</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">All things, including “the inhabited earth to come,” to be subjected under Jesus’ feet (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/2#h=7:0-8:0">2:5-9</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>4. Jesus, the Chief Agent of salvation and a merciful High Priest (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/2#h=8:0-10:0"><strong>2:10-18</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Jesus not ashamed to call his spirit-anointed followers his brothers (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/2#h=8:0-9:0">2:10-13</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Through his death as a human, Jesus offered a sin-atoning sacrifice (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/2#h=9:0-10:0">2:14-18</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>5. As Son over God’s house, Jesus is greater than Moses (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3#h=10:0-11:0"><strong>3:1-6</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p></li></ul></li><li class="L1 collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><p class="se title"><span class="itemLabel"><strong>B.</strong> </span><strong>THE PROMISE OF ENTERING INTO GOD’S REST (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3#h=11:0-17:0"><strong>3:7–4:13</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><span class="icon"></span></div><ul><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>1. Warning example of the unfaithful Israelites, who failed to enter into God’s rest (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3#h=11:0-14:0"><strong>3:7-19</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God became disgusted with the generation of Israelites who left Egypt (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3#h=11:0-12:0">3:7-11</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Danger of developing “a wicked heart lacking faith” and of “drawing away from the living God” (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3#h=12:0-13:0">3:12-15</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Disobedience and lack of faith prevented the Israelites from entering into God’s rest (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3#h=13:0-14:0">3:16-19</a>)</p></li></ul></li><li class="L2"><p class="s5"><strong>2. There remains a sabbath-rest for God’s people (</strong><a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/4#h=14:0-17:0"><strong>4:1-13</strong></a><strong>)</strong></p><ul><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Faith needed to enter into God’s rest (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/4#h=14:0-15:0">4:1-5</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">Entering into God’s rest possible for those listening to God’s voice (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/4#h=15:0-16:0">4:6-10</a>)</p></li><li class="L3"><p class="s6">God’s living and powerful word effective and sure to be fulfilled (<a class="outlineItem noTooltips" href="/en/wol/b/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/4#h=16:0-17:0">4:11-13</a>)</p></li></ul></li></ul></li></ul></div> </li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-1" data-section-citation="058003001058003001"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:1</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p4" data-pid="4" class="s5"><strong>holy brothers:</strong> For the first time in this letter, the apostle Paul addresses the Hebrew Christians directly, using the unique designation “holy brothers.” The early Christians often referred to fellow believers as “brothers.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/1/0" data-bid="2-1" class="b">Heb 10:19</a>) In writing, they also referred to other Christians as “the holy ones.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/2/0" data-bid="3-1" class="b">Heb 6:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/2/1" data-bid="3-2" class="b"> 13:24</a>) Here Paul combines those expressions. He and his fellow Christians were brothers because they belonged to the same spiritual family. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/0/0">study note on Ro 1:13</a>.) They were holy in the sense that they had been sanctified and set apart for God and his service.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/1/0">study note on Ro 1:7</a>.</p> <p id="p5" data-pid="5" class="s5"><strong>partakers of the heavenly calling:</strong> The calling, or invitation, that spirit-anointed Christians had received from God gave them the prospect of ruling with Christ in heaven. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/3/0" data-bid="4-1" class="b">Ro 8:17,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/3/1" data-bid="4-2" class="b"> 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/3/2" data-bid="4-3" class="b"> 1Co 1:26,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/3/3" data-bid="4-4" class="b"> 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/3/4" data-bid="4-5" class="b"> Re 5:9, 10</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/2/0">study note on Col 1:20</a>.) The Mosaic Law pointed forward to this hope. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/4/0" data-bid="5-1" class="b">Ex 19:5, 6</a>) However, fulfilling this “promise of the everlasting inheritance” in heaven was made possible only by the ransom sacrifice of Christ Jesus. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/5/0" data-bid="6-1" class="b">Heb 9:14, 15</a> and study note) It was an undeserved kindness from God. Only those who exercised faith in Jesus had that heavenly hope.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/3/0">study notes on Php 3:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/4/0"> 2Ti 1:9</a>.</p> <p id="p6" data-pid="6" class="s5"><strong>consider:</strong> The Greek verb here rendered “consider” conveys the idea “to think about very carefully.” Paul is urging the Hebrew Christians to reflect on and consider closely the role that Jesus played as “the apostle and high priest.” The more fully those Christians understood that role, the more determined they would be to remain faithful.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/6/0" data-bid="7-1" class="b">Heb 3:6</a>.</p> <p id="p7" data-pid="7" class="s5"><strong>the apostle:</strong> An apostle is a person who has been sent to represent someone. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/5/0">study note on Joh 13:16</a>; Glossary, “<a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/6/0">Apostle</a>.”) Jesus could be called an apostle because God sent him to the earth as His representative. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/7/0" data-bid="8-1" class="b">Joh 3:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/7/1" data-bid="8-2" class="b"> 6:57;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/7/2" data-bid="8-3" class="b"> 7:29</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/7/0">study note;</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/8/0" data-bid="9-1" class="b">1Jo 4:14</a>) At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/9/0" data-bid="10-1" class="b">Heb 3:2-6</a>, Paul goes on to show ways in which Jesus was superior to Moses, who could also be considered an apostle because he was sent as God’s representative to Pharaoh.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/10/0" data-bid="11-1" class="b">Ex 3:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/10/1" data-bid="11-2" class="b"> 4:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/10/2" data-bid="11-3" class="b"> 7:16</a>.</p> <p id="p8" data-pid="8" class="s5"><strong>acknowledge:</strong> Or “confess.” To acknowledge Jesus, a person has to express publicly his allegiance to and faith in Jesus. (At <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/11/0" data-bid="12-1" class="b">Heb 4:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/11/1" data-bid="12-2" class="b"> 10:23</a>, the same Greek word is rendered “public declaration.”) In this context, Paul highlights the need for Christians to recognize Jesus’ role as a superior, permanent, and sympathetic High Priest.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/12/0" data-bid="13-1" class="b">Heb 2:17;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/12/1" data-bid="13-2" class="b"> 4:14, 15;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/12/2" data-bid="13-3" class="b"> 7:24,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/12/3" data-bid="13-4" class="b"> 27</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/59" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-60"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Php 3:14; 1Th 2:12</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-60" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/60" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-61"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:17; 7:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-61" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/61" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-62"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 8:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-62" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p85" data-pid="85" class="se"></p> <p id="p86" data-pid="86" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/82/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 1<em>,</em> p. 127</a></p> <div id="p87" data-pid="87"><p data-pid="87" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/83/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="87" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/83/0">7/15/1998, pp. 11-12</a></p> </div><p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p29" data-pid="29" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/27/0">it-1 127;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/27/2"> w98 7/15 11;</a></p> <p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/32/0">w83 2/15 16-21;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/32/3"> w73 199;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/32/5"> w72 718;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/32/7"> ad 91;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/32/8"> kj 403;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/32/9"> w65 180;</a><span class="ni"> ns 240,</span><span class="ni"> 273;</span><span class="ni"> nh 183</span></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-2" data-section-citation="058003002058003002"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:2</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p10" data-pid="10" class="s5"><strong>just as Moses:</strong> To remind the Hebrew Christians of the superiority of Christianity over Judaism, Paul here begins comparing Jesus with Moses. Paul shows that Christ was far greater than that imperfect man in whom the Jews put their hope. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/14/0" data-bid="15-1" class="b">Joh 5:45</a>) Moses was appointed as an attendant in <strong>the house of that One,</strong> Jehovah God. In this context, God’s house does not refer to the tabernacle or the temple. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/15/0" data-bid="16-1" class="b">2Ch 6:18</a>.) “The house” that Paul here refers to is the earthly nation, or the congregation, of Israel. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/16/0" data-bid="17-1" class="b">Ex 40:38;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/16/1" data-bid="17-2" class="b"> Nu 12:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/16/2" data-bid="17-3" class="b"> Mt 10:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/16/3" data-bid="17-4" class="b"> 15:24</a>) Moses proved to be faithful as an attendant managing that household. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/17/0" data-bid="18-1" class="b">1Co 4:2</a>) Jesus likewise proved to be faithful. But Paul goes on to explain why Jesus’ appointment and his role were greater than those of Moses.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/18/0" data-bid="19-1" class="b">Heb 3:3,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/18/1" data-bid="19-2" class="b"> 5, 6</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/62" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-63"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 8:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-63" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/63" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-64"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 12:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-64" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p88" data-pid="88" class="se"></p> <div id="p89" data-pid="89"><p data-pid="89" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/84/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="89" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/84/0">7/15/1998, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/28/0">w98 7/15 11;</a></p> <p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/33/0">w84 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/33/2"> w84 12/15 30;</a><span class="ni"> g66 5/8 29</span></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-3" data-section-citation="058003003058003003"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:3</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="s5"><strong>he is counted worthy of more glory than Moses:</strong> Paul here shows why “he,” that is, Jesus, was worthy of more glory, or honor, than Moses was. Moses served as an attendant in a house, or congregation, that God built. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/20/0" data-bid="21-1" class="b">Ex 40:38;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/20/1" data-bid="21-2" class="b"> De 7:6</a>) Jesus, however, was appointed over a house—the Christian congregation—that he himself built under God’s direction. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/21/0" data-bid="22-1" class="b">Mt 9:35;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/21/1" data-bid="22-2" class="b"> 16:18</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/8/0">study note;</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/22/0" data-bid="23-1" class="b">Lu 6:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/22/1" data-bid="23-2" class="b"> Ac 2:1, 2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/22/2" data-bid="23-3" class="b"> 33;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/22/3" data-bid="23-4" class="b"> Eph 2:20</a>) Paul’s argument takes in an even more impressive fact: The Son already had a long record of building under his Father’s direction. Paul goes on to show that God “constructed all things.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/23/0" data-bid="24-1" class="b">Heb 3:4</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/9/0">study note</a>) As God’s coworker, Jesus was unquestionably worthy of far more glory than Moses was.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/64" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-65"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 17:1, 2</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-65" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/65" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-66"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 16:18</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-66" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p90" data-pid="90" class="se"></p> <div id="p91" data-pid="91"><p data-pid="91" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/85/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="91" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/85/0">7/15/1998, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p31" data-pid="31" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/29/0">w98 7/15 11;</a></p> <p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/34/0">w84 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/34/2"> w73 215</a></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-4" data-section-citation="058003004058003004"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:4</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p14" data-pid="14" class="s5"><strong>Of course, every house is constructed by someone:</strong> Paul here cites a universal truth, using a line of reasoning that was known even in his day: Every house—whether a material one or the spiritual one discussed in this context—has to be built by someone. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/10/0">study notes on Heb 3:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/11/0"> 3</a>.) The verb here rendered “constructed” can also refer to preparing something for use, such as furnishing the tabernacle.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/25/0" data-bid="26-1" class="b">Heb 9:2,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/25/1" data-bid="26-2" class="b"> 6</a>.</p> <p id="p15" data-pid="15" class="s5"><strong>the one who constructed all things is God:</strong> Jehovah constructed “all things”—including the whole physical universe, all living creatures, and “a new creation,” namely, the congregation of spirit-anointed Christians. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/26/0" data-bid="27-1" class="b">Ga 6:15</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/12/0">study note</a>) The Greek term for “constructed” is used at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/27/0" data-bid="28-1" class="b">Isa 40:28</a> in the <em>Septuagint</em> to translate the Hebrew term for “the Creator.” As God’s master worker, Jesus assisted his Father in all these creative works.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/28/0" data-bid="29-1" class="b">Pr 8:30, 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/28/1" data-bid="29-2" class="b"> Col 1:15, 16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/28/2" data-bid="29-3" class="b"> Heb 1:10</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/13/0">study note</a>; see also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/14/0">study note on Heb 3:3</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p92" data-pid="92" class="se"></p> <p id="p93" data-pid="93" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/86/0"><em>“My Follower,”</em> pp. 115-116</a></p> <p id="p94" data-pid="94" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/87/0"><em>Enjoy Life Forever!,</em> lesson 6</a></p> <p id="p95" data-pid="95" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/88/0"><em>Pathway,</em> pp. 14-15</a></p> <p id="p96" data-pid="96" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/89/0"><em>Does God Care,</em> p. 8</a></p> <div id="p97" data-pid="97"><p data-pid="97" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/90/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="97" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/90/0">7/15/1998, p. 11</a></p><p data-pid="97" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/91/0">5/1/1998, pp. 3-4</a></p> </div><p id="p98" data-pid="98" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/92/0"><em>Live Forever,</em> pp. 35-36</a></p> <p id="p99" data-pid="99" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/93/0"><em>“Look!” brochure,</em> pp. 9-10</a></p> <p id="p100" data-pid="100" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/0">cf 116;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/2"> lff lesson 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/4"> ph 14-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/6"> dg 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/8"> w98 5/1 3-4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/10"> w98 7/15 11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/12"> pe 35-36;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/30/14"> Lmn 9-10;</a></p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/0">w84 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/2"> g81 9/22 14-15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/4"> g79 11/8 10-11;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/6"> w78 7/15 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/8"> w78 9/15 4;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/10"> w77 420;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/12"> yy 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/14"> gc 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/16"> g74 10/8 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/18"> w73 554;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/35/20"> w71 43;</a><span class="ni"> im 13</span></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-5" data-section-citation="058003005058003005"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:5</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p17" data-pid="17" class="s5"><strong>the house:</strong> This is a reference to the congregation of earthly Israel.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/15/0">study note on Heb 3:2</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group footnote"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Footnotes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item footnote" data-extract-id="verseFootnote-1"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">*</span></span><span class="scalableui"><p id="p84" data-pid="84">Or “witness.”</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p100" data-pid="100" class="se"></p> <div id="p101" data-pid="101"><p data-pid="101" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/94/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="101" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/94/0">7/15/1998, p. 11</a></p> </div><p id="p102" data-pid="102" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/31/0">w98 7/15 11;</a></p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/36/0">w84 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/36/2"> w81 10/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/36/6"> w73 215-216;</a><span class="ni"> g66 5/8 29</span></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-6" data-section-citation="058003006058003006"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:6</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p19" data-pid="19" class="s5"><strong>a son over God’s house:</strong> Jesus was far more than an attendant <em>in</em> God’s house, as Moses had been. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/31/0" data-bid="32-1" class="b">Nu 12:7;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/31/1" data-bid="32-2" class="b"> Heb 3:2, 3,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/31/2" data-bid="32-3" class="b"> 5</a>) Jehovah appointed his Son to rule as King <em>“over</em> God’s house”—a newly formed spiritual nation, “the Israel of God,” made up of anointed Christians. (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/16/0">study notes on Ga 6:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/17/0"> Col 1:13</a>.) So Jesus had far more glory than did Moses, whom the Jews of Paul’s day regarded as one of the greatest of God’s prophets.</p> <p id="p20" data-pid="20" class="s5"><strong>our freeness of speech:</strong> Or “our boldness; our confidence.” As used in the Christian Greek Scriptures, the expression rendered “freeness of speech” can refer to speaking up boldly as well as to approaching Jehovah confidently in worship. The Hebrew Christians were surrounded by Jews who adhered to the Mosaic Law’s arrangements for approach to God. The Jews considered their way of worship far superior to the Christian way of worship. So these Christians needed boldness to preach the good news about Jesus as the true Messiah. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/18/0">study notes on Ac 4:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/19/0"> 28:31</a>.) They also needed to remain confident that through Jesus, they were free to approach Jehovah in worship and in prayer.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/20/0">study notes on Eph 3:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/21/0"> Heb 4:16</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/66" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-67"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Mt 17:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-67" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-67" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/67" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-68"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">1Pe 2:5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-68" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-68" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p102" data-pid="102" class="se"></p> <div id="p103" data-pid="103"><p data-pid="103" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/95/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="103" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/95/0">7/15/1998, pp. 11-12</a></p> </div><p id="p104" data-pid="104" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/32/0">w98 7/15 11-12;</a></p> <p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/0">w84 9/15 31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/2"> w84 12/15 30;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/4"> w81 10/1 20;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/7"> w73 215-216;</a><span class="ni"> g66 5/8 29;</span><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/10"> w64 553;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/11"> w62 138,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/12"> 336;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/37/13"> w61 140;</a><span class="ni"> w42 88</span></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-7" data-section-citation="058003007058003007"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:7</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p22" data-pid="22" class="s5"><strong>just as the holy spirit says:</strong> Here and in the following verses (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/33/0" data-bid="34-1" class="b">Heb 3:7-11</a>), Paul quotes from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/34/0" data-bid="35-1" class="b">Ps 95:7-11</a>, as penned by David (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/35/0" data-bid="36-1" class="b">Heb 4:7</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/22/0">study note</a>). However, the apostle attributes those words to the holy spirit, which God used to guide David in writing that psalm. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/36/0" data-bid="37-1" class="b">2Sa 23:2</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/23/0">study notes on 2Ti 3:16;</a> 2Pe 1:21.) The apostle makes similar use of the term “the holy spirit” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/37/0" data-bid="38-1" class="b">Heb 10:15-17</a>.</p> <p id="p23" data-pid="23" class="s5"><strong>Today if you listen to his voice:</strong> See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/24/0">study note on Heb 3:13</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/68" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-69"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">2Sa 23:2; Ac 1:16</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-69" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-69" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p104" data-pid="104" class="se"></p> <div id="p105" data-pid="105"><p data-pid="105" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/96/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="105" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/96/0">7/15/1998, pp. 12-13</a></p> </div><p id="p106" data-pid="106" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p35" data-pid="35" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/33/0">w98 7/15 12-13;</a></p> <p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><span class="ni">w48 168</span></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-8" data-section-citation="058003008058003008"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:8</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p25" data-pid="25" class="s5"><strong>do not harden your hearts:</strong> The word picture of hardening one’s heart (or neck) was used in the Hebrew Scriptures with reference to individuals who refused to trust in Jehovah and obey him. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/39/0" data-bid="40-1" class="b">2Ki 17:14</a>, ftn.; <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/40/0" data-bid="41-1" class="b">Ne 9:16, 17</a>, ftns.; <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/41/0" data-bid="42-1" class="b">Pr 28:14;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/41/1" data-bid="42-2" class="b"> Jer 17:23</a>, ftn.; <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/42/0" data-bid="43-1" class="b">Zec 7:12</a>) When a person continually refuses to obey Jehovah, his heart gradually becomes hardened, that is, unfeeling and unresponsive to God’s will. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/43/0" data-bid="44-1" class="b">Ex 8:15,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/43/1" data-bid="44-2" class="b"> 32;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/43/2" data-bid="44-3" class="b"> 9:34</a>) Paul exhorts the Hebrew Christians to develop a sensitive heart, that is, to “listen to” God’s voice. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/44/0" data-bid="45-1" class="b">Heb 3:7,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/44/1" data-bid="45-2" class="b"> 12-15</a>) Listening would include obeying, not merely hearing, what God says. By doing so, the Hebrew Christians would prevent their sensitive hearts from becoming calloused and stubborn.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/45/0" data-bid="46-1" class="b">De 10:16</a>.</p> <p id="p26" data-pid="26" class="s5"><strong>as on the occasion of provoking to bitter anger, as in the day of testing:</strong> The verse quoted here, <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/46/0" data-bid="47-1" class="b">Ps 95:8</a>, refers to what happened while Israel was in the wilderness. At Rephidim, the Israelites murmured about the lack of water, so Moses named the place Meribah (meaning “Quarreling”) and Massah (meaning “Testing; Trial”). (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/47/0" data-bid="48-1" class="b">Ex 17:1-7</a>; see ftns. on v. 7; <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/48/0" data-bid="49-1" class="b">De 6:16;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/48/1" data-bid="49-2" class="b"> 9:22</a>; see <a class="it" href="/en/wol/tc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/0">App. B3</a>.) This was not the only occasion when the Israelites murmured. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/49/0" data-bid="50-1" class="b">Nu 14:11,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/49/1" data-bid="50-2" class="b"> 22, 23</a>) For example, they complained about the lack of water at another place called Meribah, this one in the Kadesh area. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/50/0" data-bid="51-1" class="b">Nu 20:1-13</a>) In the Greek <em>Septuagint</em> translation of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/51/0" data-bid="52-1" class="b">Ps 95:8</a> (94:8, <em>LXX</em>), which Paul quotes here, the Hebrew place names are not transliterated. Instead, “Meribah” and “Massah” are translated with Greek expressions that can respectively be rendered “the occasion of provoking to bitter anger” and “testing.” This wording may suggest that Paul is referring not just to a specific incident but to the entire faithless course of the Israelites during their 40 years of wandering in the wilderness.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/52/0" data-bid="53-1" class="b">Nu 32:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/52/1" data-bid="53-2" class="b"> Heb 3:9</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/69" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-70"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 17:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-70" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-70" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p106" data-pid="106" class="se"></p> <p id="p107" data-pid="107" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/97/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 350-351</a></p> <div id="p108" data-pid="108"><p data-pid="108" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/98/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="108" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/98/0">7/15/1998, pp. 12-13</a></p><p data-pid="108" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/99/0">4/1/1986, pp. 23-24</a></p> </div><p id="p109" data-pid="109" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/34/0">it-2 350-351;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/34/2"> w98 7/15 12-13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/34/6"> w86 4/1 23-24;</a></p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/39/0">w80 12/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/39/2"> ad 1121;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/39/3"> w51 501</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-9" data-section-citation="058003009058003009"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:9</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/70" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-71"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 16:35; Nu 32:13; Ps 95:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-71" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-71" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p109" data-pid="109" class="se"></p> <p id="p110" data-pid="110" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/100/0"><em>Insight,</em> Volume 2<em>,</em> pp. 350-351</a></p> <p id="p111" data-pid="111" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/35/0">it-2 350-351;</a></p> <p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/40/0">w80 12/1 23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/40/2"> ad 1121;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/40/3"> w51 501</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-10" data-section-citation="058003010058003010"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:10</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p28" data-pid="28" class="s5"><strong>I became disgusted:</strong> Paul quotes from <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/54/0" data-bid="55-1" class="b">Ps 95</a> to show how Jehovah felt about the Israelites who rebelled against him in the wilderness. Although Jehovah protected, preserved, and cared for them in many miraculous ways, they persistently tested and challenged him, proving that they “always [went] astray in their hearts.” They provoked Jehovah to great anger, loathing, and even disgust. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/55/0" data-bid="56-1" class="b">Ps 95:9-11</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/56/0" data-bid="57-1" class="b">Nu 14:22, 23</a>.) Using this account, Paul urges the Hebrew Christians never to follow the faithless, rebellious course of their ancestors.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/25/0">study note on Heb 3:12</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p111" data-pid="111" class="se"></p> <div id="p112" data-pid="112"><p data-pid="112" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/101/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="112" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/101/0">7/15/2011, pp. 25-26</a></p><p data-pid="112" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/102/0">7/15/1998, pp. 12-13</a></p><p data-pid="112" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/103/0">4/1/1986, pp. 23-24</a></p> </div><p id="p113" data-pid="113" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p38" data-pid="38" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/36/0">w11 7/15 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/36/2"> w98 7/15 13;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/36/4"> w86 4/1 23-24</a></p> <p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-11" data-section-citation="058003011058003011"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:11</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p30" data-pid="30" class="s5"><strong>“They will not enter into my rest”:</strong> Moses noted that Jehovah told the rebellious Israelites: “None of you will enter into the land that I swore to have you reside in.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/58/0" data-bid="59-1" class="b">Nu 14:30</a>) The psalmist was inspired to add Jehovah’s words quoted here: “They will not enter into my rest.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/59/0" data-bid="60-1" class="b">Ps 95:11</a>) That generation of rebels was barred from entering into Canaan, so they missed out on an opportunity to work along with Jehovah God in fulfilling his purpose. For the nation of Israel, his purpose was to establish them in the Promised Land, where they could dwell in peace. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/60/0" data-bid="61-1" class="b">1Ki 8:56;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/60/1" data-bid="61-2" class="b"> 1Ch 22:9</a>) When they rebelled, they missed out on entering into God’s rest. Still, Paul goes on to show how Christians can enter into God’s rest.—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/26/0">study notes on Heb 4:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/27/0"> 3</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/71" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-72"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 14:22, 23; Ps 95:7-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-72" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-72" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p113" data-pid="113" class="se"></p> <div id="p114" data-pid="114"><p data-pid="114" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/104/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="114" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/104/0">7/15/2011, pp. 25-26</a></p> </div><p id="p115" data-pid="115" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/37/0">w11 7/15 25-26</a></p> <p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-12" data-section-citation="058003012058003012"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:12</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p32" data-pid="32" class="s5"><strong>a wicked heart lacking faith:</strong> This expression does not refer to a heart that merely struggles with occasional doubts or suffers from a lack of faith because of ignorance. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/62/0" data-bid="63-1" class="b">1Ti 1:13</a>.) Rather, it points to a heart that deliberately refuses to believe. Paul had in mind the Israelites in the wilderness who refused to put faith in Jehovah even though they had seen many astonishing miracles. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/63/0" data-bid="64-1" class="b">Heb 3:9</a>) Too absorbed in satisfying their own desires, they failed to reflect on Jehovah’s works and eventually opposed his direction by expressing their wish to return to Egypt. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/64/0" data-bid="65-1" class="b">Ex 17:2, 3;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/64/1" data-bid="65-2" class="b"> Nu 13:32–14:4</a>) Their hardened, faithless attitude was inexcusable and wicked. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/65/0" data-bid="66-1" class="b">Heb 3:13,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/65/1" data-bid="66-2" class="b"> 19</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/28/0">study note on Heb 3:8</a>.) The Hebrew Christians needed to guard against such a heart condition, which could develop in “any one of” them.</p> <p id="p33" data-pid="33" class="s5"><strong>drawing away:</strong> The Greek verb here rendered “drawing away” (<em>a·phiʹste·mi</em>) has the basic meaning “to stand away from.” It can also be rendered “to withdraw; to fall away from; to renounce.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/66/0" data-bid="67-1" class="b">Ac 19:9;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/66/1" data-bid="67-2" class="b"> 1Ti 4:1</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/29/0">study note;</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/67/0" data-bid="68-1" class="b">2Ti 2:19</a>) It is related to a noun rendered “apostasy.” (See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/30/0">study note on 2Th 2:3</a>.) “Drawing away” involves deliberate and conscious action. (Compare <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/31/0">study note on Heb 2:1</a>, which describes drifting away because of carelessness or distractions.) A person draws away from God by rebelling against him and by willfully withdrawing from his worship. In this context, Paul uses the example of the Israelites to show that recovery from such a wicked course is extremely difficult.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/68/0" data-bid="69-1" class="b">Heb 3:7-11,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/68/1" data-bid="69-2" class="b"> 16-19</a>.</p> <p id="p34" data-pid="34" class="s5"><strong>the living God:</strong> This term was surely well-known to Jewish Christians. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/69/0" data-bid="70-1" class="b">Jos 3:10;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/69/1" data-bid="70-2" class="b"> Ps 42:2</a>) The Scriptures contrast Jehovah with the lifeless gods of the nations. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/70/0" data-bid="71-1" class="b">Jer 10:5,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/70/1" data-bid="71-2" class="b"> 10</a>) When God swore that the generation of Israelites who rebelled in the wilderness would not enter the Promised Land, he guaranteed the certainty of his statement by saying “as surely as I live.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/71/0" data-bid="72-1" class="b">Nu 14:21,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/71/1" data-bid="72-2" class="b"> 28</a>) The term “the living God” in this context emphasizes the serious consequences for anyone who draws away from God, the one who alone can grant everlasting life or take away any prospects of future life.—See study note on Heb 10:31; see also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/32/0">study notes on 1Ti 3:15;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/33/0"> 4:10</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/72" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-73"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 2:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-73" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-73" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p115" data-pid="115" class="se"></p> <p id="p116" data-pid="116" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/105/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 101</a></p> <div id="p117" data-pid="117"><p data-pid="117" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/106/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/106/0">12/15/2013, p. 9</a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/107/0">3/15/2010, pp. 30-31</a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/108/0">7/15/1999, p. 19</a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/109/0">7/15/1998, pp. 9,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/110/0"> 13-14</a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/111/0">1/1/1998, p. 8</a></p><p data-pid="117" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/112/0">7/15/1989, p. 22</a></p> </div><p id="p118" data-pid="118" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/113/0"><em>“All Scripture,”</em> p. 245</a></p> <p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p40" data-pid="40" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/0">ijwbq article 101;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/2"> w13 12/15 9;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/4"> w10 3/15 30-31;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/6"> w99 7/15 19;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/8"> w98 1/1 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/10"> w98 7/15 9,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/12"> 13-14;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/14"> si 245;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/38/16"> w89 7/15 22;</a></p> <p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/41/0">w80 12/1 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/41/2"> w79 5/15 26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/41/4"> w75 374-375;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/41/6"> w71 149;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/41/8"> w65 327;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/41/9"> w62 25;</a><span class="ni"> yb62 40</span></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-13" data-section-citation="058003013058003013"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:13</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p36" data-pid="36" class="s5"><strong>as long as it is called “Today”:</strong> Paul again refers to <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/73/0" data-bid="74-1" class="b">Ps 95:7, 8</a>, which says: <em>“Today</em> if you listen to his voice, do not harden your heart.” (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/74/0" data-bid="75-1" class="b">Heb 3:7, 8</a>) These words echo many of Moses’ inspired exhortations. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/75/0" data-bid="76-1" class="b">De 4:40;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/75/1" data-bid="76-2" class="b"> 6:6;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/75/2" data-bid="76-3" class="b"> 7:11;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/75/3" data-bid="76-4" class="b"> 15:5;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/75/4" data-bid="76-5" class="b"> 27:1,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/75/5" data-bid="76-6" class="b"> 10</a>) The wording of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/76/0" data-bid="77-1" class="b">Ps 95:7, 8</a> stresses that those Israelites had a limited time in which to listen to Jehovah and obey the directions he gave through Moses. Likewise, Paul’s mention of “Today” to the Hebrew Christians stresses urgency, for they needed to keep on “encouraging one another,” especially in view of the time in which they lived. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/77/0" data-bid="78-1" class="b">Heb 10:25</a>) Later, Paul shows that the inspired use of “Today” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/78/0" data-bid="79-1" class="b">Ps 95:7</a> actually refers to God’s rest day, which from a human perspective is very long. (<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/79/0" data-bid="80-1" class="b">Heb 4:7</a>; see <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/34/0">study notes on Heb 4:3,</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/35/0"> 4</a>.) However, the shortness of human life made it urgent for Christians to take advantage of each opportunity to encourage one another, for such occasions may be fleeting, never to arise again.—Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/80/0" data-bid="81-1" class="b">Ps 90:12;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/80/1" data-bid="81-2" class="b"> 144:4;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/80/2" data-bid="81-3" class="b"> Jas 4:14</a>.</p> <p id="p37" data-pid="37" class="s5"><strong>the deceptive power of sin:</strong> Or “the seductiveness (deceptive pleasure) of sin.” (Compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/81/0" data-bid="82-1" class="b">Mt 13:22</a>, ftn.; see also <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/36/0">study note on 2Th 2:10</a>.) One reference work comments on the Greek expression used here: “Sin is represented as an active, aggressive power.” Another one states: “Sin is a seducer that does not keep its promises.”—See <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/37/0">study note on Col 2:8</a>; compare <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/82/0" data-bid="83-1" class="b">Ge 4:7</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/73" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-74"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 95:7</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-74" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-74" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p119" data-pid="119" class="se"></p> <p id="p120" data-pid="120" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/114/0"><em>Bible Questions Answered,</em> article 101</a></p> <div id="p121" data-pid="121"><p data-pid="121" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/115/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="121" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/115/0">1/1/1998, p. 8</a></p><p data-pid="121" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/116/0">4/1/1986, pp. 23-26</a></p> </div><p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/39/0">ijwbq article 101;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/39/2"> w98 1/1 8;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/39/4"> w86 4/1 23-26;</a></p> <p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/42/0">w83 2/15 25-26;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/42/2"> w80 12/1 22-23;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/42/4"> g75 1/8 6;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/42/6"> w62 25;</a><span class="ni"> yb62 40;</span><span class="ni"> w34 270</span></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-14" data-section-citation="058003014058003014"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:14</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p39" data-pid="39" class="s5"><strong>become partakers of the Christ:</strong> Or “have a sharing with the Christ.” The Greek word for “partakers” is rendered “companions” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/84/0" data-bid="85-1" class="b">Heb 1:9</a> and “partners” at <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/85/0" data-bid="86-1" class="b">Lu 5:7</a>. However, in this context, the term is used to highlight what Christ’s brothers have in common with him. For example, they would suffer for keeping integrity while on earth, and they would serve Jehovah forever in heaven.—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/86/0" data-bid="87-1" class="b">Heb 3:1</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/38/0">study note;</a> <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/87/0" data-bid="88-1" class="b">12:28;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/87/1" data-bid="88-2" class="b"> 1Pe 4:13;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/87/2" data-bid="88-3" class="b"> Re 3:21;</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/87/3" data-bid="88-4" class="b"> 20:6</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/74" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-75"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 3:6; Re 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-75" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-75" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p122" data-pid="122" class="se"></p> <div id="p123" data-pid="123"><p data-pid="123" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/117/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="123" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/117/0">5/1/1996, pp. 21-24</a></p> </div><p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p42" data-pid="42" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/40/0">w96 5/1 21-24;</a></p> <p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/43/0">w80 8/1 16-17;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/43/2"> w62 747;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/43/3"> w61 110;</a><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/43/4"> w54 195;</a><span class="ni"> w34 270</span></p> <p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-15" data-section-citation="058003015058003015"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:15</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/75" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-76"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 95:7, 8</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-76" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-76" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p46" data-pid="46" class="sx"><span class="ni">w34 270</span></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-16" data-section-citation="058003016058003016"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:16</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/76" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-77"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 17:1-3; Nu 14:2, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-77" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-77" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-17" data-section-citation="058003017058003017"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:17</span></h3><div class="studyNoteGroup"><ul class="content"><li class="item studyNote" data-extract-id=""><span class="scalableui"><p id="p41" data-pid="41" class="s5"><strong>whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness:</strong> The Greek expression rendered “dead bodies” occurs only here in the Christian Greek Scriptures, but it appears in the <em>Septuagint</em> translation of <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/89/0" data-bid="90-1" class="b">Nu 14:29,</a><a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/89/1" data-bid="90-2" class="b"> 32</a>, the account Paul is alluding to. This Greek expression was apparently used as a derogatory term for people who were judged as being so bad that they did not deserve a decent burial. (See also <a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/90/0" data-bid="91-1" class="b">Isa 66:24</a>, where the <em>Septuagint</em> uses the same Greek word for “the carcasses,” regarding people who rebel against Jehovah.) Paul uses this negative expression to warn Christians not to follow the bad example of those rebellious Israelites “by drawing away from the living God.”—<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/91/0" data-bid="92-1" class="b">Heb 3:12</a> and <a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1001070807/39/0">study note</a>.</p> </span></li></ul></div><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/77" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-78"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 14:11; De 32:21</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-78" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/78" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-79"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 14:22, 23, 28-30; 1Co 10:5, 10; Jude 5</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-79" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-18" data-section-citation="058003018058003018"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:18</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/79" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-80"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 95:9-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-80" class="extract"></div></div></li><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/80" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-81"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">De 1:34, 35</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-81" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p124" data-pid="124" class="se"></p> <div id="p125" data-pid="125"><p data-pid="125" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/118/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="125" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/118/0">7/15/1998, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p43" data-pid="43" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/41/0">w98 7/15 16-17;</a></p> <p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"></p> <p id="p47" data-pid="47" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200020058/45/0">w65 655</a></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div><div class="section" data-key="58-3-19" data-section-citation="058003019058003019"><h3 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Hebrews 3:19</span></h3><div class="group marginal"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Marginal References</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item collapsible marginal marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/81" data-extract-id="verseMarginal-82"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="scalableui">+</span></span><span class="icon"></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 4:6</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="verseMarginal-82" class="extract"></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="group index collapsible collapsed"><div class="header"><span class="marker"><span class="icon"></span></span><span class="icon"></span><h4 class="title"><span class="scalableui">Indexes</span></h4></div><ul class="content"><li class="item ref-rsg" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Research Guide</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p126" data-pid="126" class="se"></p> <div id="p127" data-pid="127"><p data-pid="127" class="su"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/119/0"><em>The Watchtower,</em></a></p><p data-pid="127" class="sk"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1204448/119/0">7/15/1998, pp. 16-17</a></p> </div><p id="p128" data-pid="128" class="se"></p> </span></li><li class="item ref-dx" data-extract-id=""><div class="subtitle">Publications Index</div><span class="scalableui"><p id="p44" data-pid="44" class="sx"><a href="/en/wol/pc/r1/lp-e/1200270058/42/0">w98 7/15 16-17;</a></p> <p id="p45" data-pid="45" class="sx"></p> <p id="p48" data-pid="48" class="sx"><span class="ni">im 296</span></p> <p id="p49" data-pid="49" class="sx"></p> </span></li></ul></div></div> </div> <div id="studyParallel" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section"> <h3 class="title">Parallel Translations</h3> <div class="helpText">Click a verse number to display parallel Bible verses.</div> <div class="parallel"> <div class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div> <div class="extract"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="studyMarginals" class="studyPane tabContent"> <div class="section marginalsQuotation"><h3 class="title"><span class="sectionIcon"></span><span class="scalableui">Quotation</span></h3><div class="content categorizedMarginal"><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/71/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-72-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 95:7-11</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-72-3" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-72-3" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/73/3" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-74-3"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:13</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ps 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title"><span class="scalableui">Joh 3:17; 7:29</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-61-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/61/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:1</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 8:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-62-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" 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class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:9</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 16:35; Nu 32:13; Ps 95:9</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-71-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-71-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/71/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-72-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:11</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Nu 14:22, 23</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-72-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-72-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/72/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-73-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:12</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 2:1</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-73-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-73-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/74/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-75-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:14</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Heb 3:6; Re 2:10</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-75-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-75-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/76/1" data-extract-id="categorizedMarginal-77-1"><div class="header"><span class="icon"></span><span class="source"><span class="scalableui">Heb. 3:16</span></span><span class="marginal title"><span class="scalableui">Ex 17:1-3; Nu 14:2, 4</span></span></div><div class="content"><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-77-1" class="loading hidden"><span class="icon"></span></div><div data-extract-target-id="categorizedMarginal-77-1" class="extract"></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div class="item collapsible marginalExpander collapsed" data-src="/en/wol/marginalreference/r1/lp-e/nwtsty/58/3/77/1" 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</a>Consequently, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/59" data-bid="60-1" class="b">+</a> consider the apostle<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/60" data-bid="61-1" class="b">+</a> and high priest whom we acknowledge—Jesus.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/61" data-bid="62-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-2-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30089" class="vl vx vp study">2 </a>He was faithful to the One who appointed him,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/62" data-bid="63-1" class="b">+</a> just as Moses also was in all the house of that One.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/63" data-bid="64-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-3-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30090" class="vl vx vp study">3 </a>For he is counted worthy of more glory<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/64" data-bid="65-1" class="b">+</a> than Moses, since the one who constructs a house has more honor than the house itself.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/65" data-bid="66-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-4-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30091" class="vl vx vp study">4 </a>Of course, every house is constructed by someone, but the one who constructed all things is God. </span><span id="v58-3-5-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30092" class="vl vx vp study">5 </a>Now Moses was faithful as an attendant in all the house of that One as a testimony<a id="footnotesource1" data-fnid="1" class="fn" href="/en/wol/fn/r1/lp-e/1001070162/0">*</a> of the things that were to be spoken afterward, </span><span id="v58-3-6-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30093" class="vl vx vp study">6 </a>but Christ was faithful as a son<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/66" data-bid="67-1" class="b">+</a> over God’s house. We are His house<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/67" data-bid="68-1" class="b">+</a> if, indeed, we hold on firmly to our freeness of speech and the hope of which we boast down to the end.</span></p> <p id="p11" data-pid="11" class="sb"><span id="v58-3-7-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30094" class="vl vx vp study">7 </a>Therefore, just as the holy spirit says,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/68" data-bid="69-1" class="b">+</a> “Today if you listen to his voice, </span><span id="v58-3-8-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30095" class="vl vx vp study">8 </a>do not harden your hearts as on the occasion of provoking to bitter anger, as in the day of testing in the wilderness,<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/69" data-bid="70-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-9-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30096" class="vl vx vp">9 </a>where your forefathers put me to the test and tried me, despite seeing my works for 40 years.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/70" data-bid="71-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-10-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30097" class="vl vx vp study">10 </a>This is why I became disgusted with this generation and said: ‘They always go astray in their hearts, and they have not come to know my ways.’ </span><span id="v58-3-11-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30098" class="vl vx vp study">11 </a>So I swore in my anger: ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/71" data-bid="72-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p12" data-pid="12" class="sb"><span id="v58-3-12-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30099" class="vl vx vp study">12 </a>Beware, brothers, for fear there should ever develop in any one of you a wicked heart lacking faith by drawing away from the living God;<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/72" data-bid="73-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-13-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30100" class="vl vx vp study">13 </a>but keep on encouraging one another each day, as long as it is called “Today,”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/73" data-bid="74-1" class="b">+</a> so that none of you should become hardened by the deceptive power of sin. </span><span id="v58-3-14-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30101" class="vl vx vp study">14 </a>For we actually become partakers of the Christ only if we hold firmly down to the end the confidence we had at the beginning.<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/74" data-bid="75-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-15-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30102" class="vl vx vp">15 </a>As it is said, “Today if you listen to his voice, do not harden your hearts as on the occasion of provoking to bitter anger.”<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/75" data-bid="76-1" class="b">+</a></span></p> <p id="p13" data-pid="13" class="sb"><span id="v58-3-16-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30103" class="vl vp">16 </a>For who heard and yet provoked him to bitter anger? Was it not, in fact, all those who went out of Egypt under Moses?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/76" data-bid="77-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-17-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30104" class="vl vx vp study">17 </a>Moreover, with whom did God become disgusted for 40 years?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/77" data-bid="78-1" class="b">+</a> Was it not with those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/78" data-bid="79-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-18-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30105" class="vl vx vp">18 </a>And to whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/79" data-bid="80-1" class="b">+</a> Was it not to those who acted disobediently?<a href="/en/wol/bc/r1/lp-e/1001070162/80" data-bid="81-1" class="b">+</a> </span><span id="v58-3-19-1" class="v"><a href="/en/wol/dx/r1/lp-e/1001070162/30106" class="vl 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