Hebrews 3:19

19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.

Hebrews 3:19 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 3:19

So we see that they could not enter in
To God's rest, the land of Canaan, for they died by the plague before the Lord, and their carcasses fell in the wilderness, before they came to it, ( Numbers 14:37 Numbers 14:45 ) and the reason was,

because of unbelief;
their distrust of God, his power, and his providence; this instance is produced by the apostle, to show the evil nature of unbelief, and the sad effects of it; to deter persons from it, and that they might take heed of encouraging it; and which instance he further improves in the following chapter.

Hebrews 3:19 In-Context

17 And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

18 And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

19 So we see that they were not able to go in because they had no belief.