So we see that because of their unbelief they were not able to enter his rest.
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.
- BSB So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
- 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.
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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 1:5Now I desire to remind you, though you already know this, that the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who didn’t believe.
- John 3:36One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
- John 3:18He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
- Mark 16:16He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who disbelieves will be condemned.
- 1 Jn 5:10He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who doesn’t believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning his Son.
- 2 Th 2:12that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
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