15 As has just been said:

“Today, if you hear his voice,
    do not harden your hearts
    as you did in the rebellion.”[a](A)

16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?(B) 17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?(C) 18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest(D) if not to those who disobeyed?(E) 19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.(F)

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  1. Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8

15 while it is said:

(A)“Today, if you will hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”

Failure of the Wilderness Wanderers

16 (B)For who, having heard, rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt, led by Moses? 17 Now with whom was He angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, (C)whose corpses fell in the wilderness? 18 And (D)to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who did not obey? 19 So we see that they could not enter in because of (E)unbelief.

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Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go down, because your people, whom you brought up out of Egypt,(A) have become corrupt.(B) They have been quick to turn away(C) from what I commanded them and have made themselves an idol(D) cast in the shape of a calf.(E) They have bowed down to it and sacrificed(F) to it and have said, ‘These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.’(G)

“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked(H) people.

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And the Lord said to Moses, (A)“Go, get down! For your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt (B)have corrupted themselves. They have turned aside quickly out of the way which (C)I commanded them. They have made themselves a molded calf, and worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, (D)‘This is your god, O Israel, that brought you out of the land of Egypt!’ ” And the Lord said to Moses, (E)“I have seen this people, and indeed it is a [a]stiff-necked people!

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  1. Exodus 32:9 stubborn

Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.(A)

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Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a (A)stiff-necked[a] people.

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  1. Deuteronomy 9:6 stubborn or rebellious

for he is our God
    and we are the people of his pasture,(A)
    the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
“Do not harden your hearts(B) as you did at Meribah,[a](C)
    as you did that day at Massah[b] in the wilderness,(D)
where your ancestors tested(E) me;
    they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years(F) I was angry with that generation;
    I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray,(G)
    and they have not known my ways.’(H)
11 So I declared on oath(I) in my anger,
    ‘They shall never enter my rest.’”(J)

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  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.

For He is our God,
And (A)we are the people of His pasture,
And the sheep [a]of His hand.

(B)Today, if you will hear His voice:
“Do not harden your hearts, as in the [b]rebellion,
(C)As in the day of [c]trial in the wilderness,
When (D)your fathers tested Me;
They tried Me, though they (E)saw My work.
10 For (F)forty years I was [d]grieved with that generation,
And said, ‘It is a people who go astray in their hearts,
And they do not know My ways.’
11 So (G)I swore in My wrath,
‘They shall not enter My rest.’ ”

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  1. Psalm 95:7 Under His care
  2. Psalm 95:8 Or Meribah, lit. Strife, Contention
  3. Psalm 95:8 Or Massah, lit. Trial, Testing
  4. Psalm 95:10 disgusted

51 “You stiff-necked people!(A) Your hearts(B) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(C) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(D) 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(E) but have not obeyed it.”

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Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 You (A)stiff-necked[a] and (B)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 (C)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (D)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (E)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.

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  1. Acts 7:51 stubborn