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Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news proclaimed to them failed to enter because of (A)disobedience, He again determines a certain day, “Today,” saying [a]through David after so long a time just (B)as has been said before,

(C)Today if you hear His voice,
Do not harden your hearts.”

For (D)if [b]Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. 10 For the one who has entered His rest has himself also (E)rested from his works, as (F)God did from His. 11 Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall into the same (G)example of (H)disobedience.

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  1. Hebrews 4:7 Or in
  2. Hebrews 4:8 Gr Jesus

Therefore, it’s left open for some to enter it, and the ones who had the good news preached to them before didn’t enter because of disobedience. Just as it says in the passage above, God designates a certain day as “today,” when he says through David much later,

Today, if you hear his voice,
        don’t have stubborn hearts.[a]

If Joshua gave the Israelites rest, God wouldn’t have spoken about another day later on. So you see that a sabbath rest is left open for God’s people. 10 The one who entered God’s rest also rested from his works, just as God rested from his own.

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11 Therefore, let’s make every effort to enter that rest so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience,

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