“For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.”
Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? — the rhetorical questions establish the identity of the rebellious generation: those who heard God's voice directly, yet still rebelled. Hearing without obedience is not sufficient; the word must be received in faith.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 3:16
Then he adds Hebrews 3:15, “When it is said, Today if you hear His voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.” This is a transposition, “when it is said, Today if you hear His voice, harden not your hearts.” [It must be read thus:] Hebrews 3:16-19 “For some when they had heard did provoke, howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses: And with whom was He grieved forty years? Was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? And to…
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