Hebreus 3:16

16 Quem foram os que ouviram e se rebelaram? Não foram todos os que Moisés tirou do Egito?

Hebreus 3:16 Meaning and Commentary

Hebrews 3:16

For some, when, they had heard
The Arabic version adds, "his voice"; the law on Mount Sinai; the voice of words, with the voices and thunderings that attended it; the book of the covenant read; the whole system of laws and ordinances delivered to Moses, and by him to them; and also the Gospel, for that was preached to the Israelites in the wilderness, and heard by them; as appears from ( Hebrews 4:2 ) and which seems chiefly intended: and yet some of the hearers of it

did provoke;
not only Moses, to speak unadvisedly with his lips; but they provoked Jehovah himself, and the angel of his presence, and his Holy Spirit, by their idolatry, ingratitude, and unbelief: and the aggravation of their sin is, that they did it when they had heard the Gospel, and while they were hearing it; which shows that the Gospel may be heard to no advantage; as when it is heard in a careless and indifferent manner; when it makes no impression, takes no place, and has no root; when the world and the things of it are the great concern of the mind, while hearing it; when it is not attended with the power and Spirit of God; when it is not received in love, nor mixed with faith, nor put in practice: and hence the Gospel heard, comes to be an aggravation of men's condemnation:

howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses;
that is, they did not all provoke, but some did; which is another aggravation of their sin; they were just come out of Egyptian bondage; brought out of it by the Lord, with the mighty and outstretched arm of his power; and yet they provoked him: and this was done by Moses; by the hand of Moses, as the Syriac version renders it; by his means, by him as an instrument; and yet they provoked him: but however all did not, yet these were but few; it seems only Caleb and Joshua, out of six hundred thousand; God will have a few to serve him in the worst of times.

Hebreus 3:16 In-Context

14 pois passamos a ser participantes de Cristo, desde que, de fato, nos apeguemos até o fim à confiança que tivemos no princípio.

15 Por isso é que se diz:“Se hoje vocês ouvirem a sua voz,não endureçam o coração,como na rebelião”.

16 Quem foram os que ouviram e se rebelaram? Não foram todos os que Moisés tirou do Egito?

17 Contra quem Deus esteve irado durante quarenta anos? Não foi contra aqueles que pecaram, cujos corpos caíram no deserto?

18 E a quem jurou que nunca haveriam de entrar no seu descanso? Não foi àqueles que foram desobedientes?