Hebrews 3:9

"don’t harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of the trial in the wilderness,"

Key Reflection

This warning encourages believers not to resist or ignore God's voice and guidance as their ancestors did during the Exodus, when they frequently rebelled against Moses and God in the desert. By recalling this history, the passage underscores the importance of remaining faithful and responsive to divine instruction.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Verse 9. Proved me. "As if they would have made an experiment how much it was possible for me to bear." Doddridge. The meaning is, they put my patience to a thorough trial. And saw my works. That is, my miracles, or my interpositions in their behalf. They saw the wonders at the Red Sea, the descent on Mount Sinai, the supply of manna, etc.; and yet, while seeing those works, they rebelled. Even while sinners look on the doings of God, and are surrounded by the proofs of his power and goodness, they rebel, and provoke him to anger.

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