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3:1  So all of you, holy brothers, should think about Jesus. You were all called by God. God sent Jesus to us, and he is the high priest of our faith.
3:2  And Jesus was faithful to God as Moses was. Moses did everything God wanted him to do in God’s family.
3:3  A man who is the head of a family receives more honor than others in the family. It is the same with Jesus. Jesus should have more honor than Moses.
3:4  Every family has its head, but God is the head of everything.
3:5  Moses was faithful in God’s family as a servant. He told what God would say in the future.
3:6  But Christ is faithful as a Son who is the head of God’s family. And we are God’s family if we hold on to our faith and are proud of the great hope we have.
3:7  So it is as the Holy Spirit says: “Today listen to what he says.
3:8  Do not be stubborn as in the past when you turned against God. There you tested God in the desert.
3:9  For 40 years in the desert your ancestors saw the things I did. But they tested me and my patience.
3:10  I was angry with them. I said, ‘They are not loyal to me. They have not understood my ways.’
3:11  So I was angry and made a promise. ‘They will never enter my land of rest.’” Psalm 95:7-11
3:12  So brothers, be careful that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart. This will stop you from following the living God.
3:13  But encourage each other every day. Do this while it is “today.” Help each other so that none of you will become hardened because of sin and its tricks.
3:14  We all share in Christ. This is true if we keep till the end the sure faith we had in the beginning.
3:15  This is what the Scripture says: “Today listen to what he says. Do not be stubborn as in the past when you turned against God.” Psalm 95:7-8
3:16  Who heard God’s voice and was against him? It was all those people Moses led out of Egypt.
3:17  And whom was God angry with for 40 years? He was angry with those who sinned, who died in the desert.
3:18  And whom was God talking to when he promised that they would never enter and have his rest? He was talking to those who did not obey him.
3:19  So we see that they were not allowed to enter and have God’s rest because they did not believe.