Ibrani 3:7

Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith

3:7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, ¹ 

“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ² 

Ibrani 3:15

3:15 As it says, ³  “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! ⁴  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” ⁵ 

Ibrani 10:7

10:7 “Then I said, ‘Here I am: ⁶  I have come – it is written of me in the scroll of the book – to do your will, O God.’” ⁷ 

Ibrani 10:12

10:12 But when this priest ⁸  had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand ⁹  of God,

Ibrani 11:22

11:22 By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, ¹⁰  mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel ¹¹  and gave instructions about his burial. ¹² 

Ibrani 12:14

Do Not Reject God’s Warning

12:14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, ¹³  for without it no one will see the Lord.

[3:7]  ¹ sn The following quotation is from Ps 95:7b-11.

[3:7]  ² tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Grk “while it is said.”

[3:15]  ⁴ tn Grk “today if you hear his voice.”

[3:15]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Ps 95:7b-8.

[10:7]  ⁶ tn Grk “behold,” but this construction often means “here is/there is” (cf. BDAG 468 s.v. ἰδού 2).

[10:7]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Ps 40:6-8 (LXX). The phrase a body you prepared for me (in v. 5) is apparently an interpretive expansion of the HT reading “ears you have dug out for me.”

[10:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “this one.” This pronoun refers to Jesus, but “this priest” was used in the translation to make the contrast between the Jewish priests in v. 11 and Jesus as a priest clearer in English.

[10:12]  ⁹ sn An allusion to Ps 110:1.

[11:22]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “coming to an end,” “dying.”

[11:22]  ¹¹ sn Joseph’s prophecy about the exodus of the sons of Israel is found in Gen 50:24.

[11:22]  ¹² tn Grk “about his bones,” which refers by metonymy to the disposition of his bones, i.e., his burial.

[11:22]  sn The instructions about his burial are recorded in Gen 50:25.

[12:14]  ¹³ sn The references to peace and holiness show the close connection between this paragraph and the previous one. The pathway toward “holiness” and the need for it is cited in Heb 12:10 and 14. More importantly Prov 4:26-27 sets up the transition from one paragraph to the next: It urges people to stay on godly paths (Prov 4:26, quoted here in v. 13) and promises that God will lead them in peace if they do so (Prov 4:27 [LXX], quoted in v. 14).