So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
Parallel translations
- WEB We see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.
- KJV So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
- NKJV So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.
- NASB And so we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.
- NLT So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.
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Quick answer
Israel could not enter the promised rest because of unbelief. Unbelief is named as the decisive reason for their exclusion.
Overview
The chapter concludes by diagnosing the wilderness generation's failure: 'they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.' This pinpoints the core issue the author has been pressing throughout. The lesson stands as a warning that faith, not mere privilege or proximity, is what brings one into God's promised rest.
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Cross-references · 6
- Jude 1:5Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
- John 3:36Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 3:18Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
- Mark 16:16Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned.
- 1 Jn 5:10Whoever believes in the Son of God has this testimony within him; whoever does not believe God has made Him out to be a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given about His Son.
- 2 Th 2:12in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness.
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