1 ¶ Therefore, brethren, saints, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus,

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Christ Jesus,

2 w ho was faithful to him that appointed him over all his house, as also Moses was faithful.

who was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was faithful in all His house.

3 F or this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built the house has more honour than the house.

For this One has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as He who built the house has more honor than the house.

4 F or every house is built by someone, but he that created all things is God.

For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.

5 A nd Moses verily was faithful over all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after,

And Moses indeed was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which would be spoken afterward,

6 b ut Christ as a son over his own house, which house we are, if we hold fast the confidence and the glorious hope firmly until the end.

but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Be Faithful

7 ¶ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you will hear His voice,

8 h arden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, In the day of trial in the wilderness,

9 W here your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

Where your fathers tested Me, tried Me, And saw My works forty years.

10 T herefore, I was indignant with that generation and said, They do always err from their heart, and they have not known my ways.

Therefore I was angry with that generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they have not known My ways.’

11 S o I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.

So I swore in My wrath, ‘They shall not enter My rest.’”

12 T ake heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unfaithfulness, to depart from the living God.

Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God;

13 B ut exhort one another daily, while it is called Today, lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 F or we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end;

For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end,

15 w hile it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

16 F or some of those that came out of Egypt with Moses, when they had heard, did provoke; howbeit not all.

For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses?

17 B ut with whom was he indignant forty years? Was it not with those that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

18 A nd to whom he swore that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that disobeyed?

And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey?

19 S o we see that they could not enter in because of their unbelief.

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.