1 T herefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession;

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

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

Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house.

3 F or He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house.

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house.

4 F or every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God.

5 N ow Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later;

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

6 b ut Christ was faithful as a Son over His house— whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

7 T herefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “ Today if you hear His voice,

Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

8 D o not harden your hearts as when they provoked Me, As in the day of trial in the wilderness,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 W here your fathers tried Me by testing Me, And saw My works for forty years.

When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

10 “ Therefore I was angry with this generation, And said, ‘They always go astray in their heart, And they did not know My ways ’;

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

11 A s I swore in My wrath, ‘ They shall not enter My rest.’” The Peril of Unbelief

So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

12 T ake care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.

Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God.

13 B ut encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called “Today,” so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

14 F or we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end,

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

15 w hile it is said, “ Today if you hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts, as when they provoked Me.”

While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

16 F or who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses?

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

17 A nd with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

18 A nd to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

19 S o we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

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