“Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:”
do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness — the "hardening" of hearts refers to Israel's rebellion in the wilderness, their testing of God through unbelief. The historical rebellion becomes a type or pattern of possible contemporary disobedience; the wilderness generation's fate looms as a warning.
Church Fathers on Hebrews 3:8
Paul, having treated of hope, and having said that “We are His house, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end” Hebrews 3:6; next shows that we ought to look forward with firmness, and he proves this from the Scriptures. But be attentive, because he has expressed this in a manner somewhat difficult and not readily to be comprehended. And therefore we must first make our own statements, and after we have briefly explained the whole…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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