"And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?" — Hebrews 3:18

Hebrews 3:18 · KJV

“And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?”

— Hebrews 3:18

But with whom was he grieved forty years? {was it} not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

Verse 19

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Hebrews 3 — Context

For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he grieved forty years? {was it} not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

Cross References

Hebrews 4:6

Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: {it was: or, the gospel was}

Numbers 14:30

Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, {concerning} which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. {sware: Heb. lifted up my hand}

Deuteronomy 1:34-35

And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying,

Psalms 106:24-26

Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: {the pleasant...: Heb. a land of desire}

Numbers 20:12

And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Deuteronomy 1:26-32

Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God:

Hebrews 4:2

For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard {it}. {the word...: Gr. the word of hearing} {not being...: or, because they were not united by faith to}

Numbers 14:11

And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?