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Yeshua Greater than Moses

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take notice of Yeshua—the Emissary and Kohen Gadol we affirm. He was faithful to the One who appointed Him in His house—as was Moses also. [a] For He has been considered worthy of more glory than Moses, even as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. Now Moses surely was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, for a witness of things to be spoken later. But Messiah, as Son, is over God’s house—and we are His house, if we hold firm to our boldness and what we are proud to hope.

Listen and Obey, or Harden and Fall Away

Therefore, just as the Ruach ha-Kodesh says,

“Today if you hear His voice,
do not harden your hearts
    as in the rebellion,[b]
    on the day of testing[c] in the wilderness.
There your fathers put Me to the test,
    though they saw My works for forty years.
10 Therefore I was provoked by this generation,
    and I said, ‘They always go astray in their heart,
        and they have not known My ways.’
11 As I swore in my wrath,
    ‘They shall not enter My rest.’”[d]

12 Take care, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil heart of unbelief that falls away from the living God. 13 But encourage one another day by day—as long as it is called “Today”—so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we have become partners of Messiah, if we hold our original conviction firm until the end. 15 As it is said,

“Today if you hear His voice,
    do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”[e]

16 Now which ones heard and rebelled? Indeed, was it not all who came out of Egypt with Moses? 17 And with whom was He provoked for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? 18 And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest? Was it not to those who were disobedient? 19 So we see that they were not able to enter in because of lack of trust.

Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοὶ ἅγιοι, κλήσεως ἐπουρανίου μέτοχοι, κατανοήσατε τὸν ἀπόστολον καὶ ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν [a]Ἰησοῦν, πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν ὡς καὶ Μωϋσῆς [b]ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ. πλείονος γὰρ [c]οὗτος δόξης παρὰ Μωϋσῆν ἠξίωται καθ’ ὅσον πλείονα τιμὴν ἔχει τοῦ οἴκου ὁ κατασκευάσας αὐτόν· πᾶς γὰρ οἶκος κατασκευάζεται ὑπό τινος, ὁ [d]δὲ πάντα κατασκευάσας θεός. καὶ Μωϋσῆς μὲν πιστὸς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ ὡς θεράπων εἰς μαρτύριον τῶν λαληθησομένων, Χριστὸς δὲ ὡς υἱὸς ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ· [e]ὅς οἶκός ἐσμεν ἡμεῖς, [f]ἐὰν τὴν παρρησίαν καὶ τὸ καύχημα τῆς [g]ἐλπίδος κατάσχωμεν.

Διό, καθὼς λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ, κατὰ τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ πειρασμοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, οὗ [h]ἐπείρασαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν [i]ἐν δοκιμασίᾳ καὶ εἶδον τὰ ἔργα μου 10 τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη· διὸ προσώχθισα τῇ γενεᾷ [j]ταύτῃ καὶ εἶπον· Ἀεὶ πλανῶνται τῇ καρδίᾳ· αὐτοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὰς ὁδούς μου· 11 ὡς ὤμοσα ἐν τῇ ὀργῇ μου· Εἰ εἰσελεύσονται εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσίν μου. 12 βλέπετε, ἀδελφοί, μήποτε ἔσται ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ζῶντος, 13 ἀλλὰ παρακαλεῖτε ἑαυτοὺς καθ’ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν, ἄχρις οὗ τὸ Σήμερον καλεῖται, ἵνα μὴ σκληρυνθῇ [k]τις ἐξ ὑμῶν ἀπάτῃ τῆς ἁμαρτίας· 14 μέτοχοι γὰρ [l]τοῦ Χριστοῦ γεγόναμεν, ἐάνπερ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ὑποστάσεως μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν κατάσχωμεν. 15 ἐν τῷ λέγεσθαι· Σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, Μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν ὡς ἐν τῷ παραπικρασμῷ. 16 τίνες γὰρ ἀκούσαντες παρεπίκραναν; ἀλλ’ οὐ πάντες οἱ ἐξελθόντες ἐξ Αἰγύπτου διὰ Μωϋσέως; 17 τίσιν δὲ προσώχθισεν τεσσεράκοντα ἔτη; οὐχὶ τοῖς ἁμαρτήσασιν, ὧν τὰ κῶλα ἔπεσεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ; 18 τίσιν δὲ ὤμοσεν μὴ εἰσελεύσεσθαι εἰς τὴν κατάπαυσιν αὐτοῦ εἰ μὴ τοῖς ἀπειθήσασιν; 19 καὶ βλέπομεν ὅτι οὐκ ἠδυνήθησαν εἰσελθεῖν δι’ ἀπιστίαν.

Footnotes

  1. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:1 Ἰησοῦν WH Treg NIV ] + Χριστόν RP
  2. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:2 ἐν Holmes WHmarg ] + ὅλῳ WH Treg NIV RP
  3. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:3 οὗτος δόξης WH Treg NIV ] δόξης οὗτος RP
  4. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:4 δὲ WH Treg NIV ] + τὰ RP
  5. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:6 ὅς Holmes ] οὗ WH Treg NIV RP
  6. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:6 ἐὰν WH Treg ] ἐάνπερ NIV RP
  7. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:6 ἐλπίδος NIV ] + μέχρι τέλους βεβαίαν WH Treg RP
  8. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:9 ἐπείρασαν WH Treg NIV ] + με RP
  9. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:9 ἐν δοκιμασίᾳ WH Treg NIV ] ἐδοκιμασάν με RP
  10. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:10 ταύτῃ WH Treg NIV ] ἐκείνῃ RP
  11. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:13 τις ἐξ ὑμῶν WH Treg NIV ] ἐξ ὑμῶν τις RP
  12. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΒΡΑΙΟΥΣ 3:14 τοῦ Χριστοῦ γεγόναμεν WH Treg NIV ] γεγόναμεν τοῦ Χριστοῦ RP