But God’s work was finished from the time he made the world. ⁴In the Scriptures he talked about the seventh day of the week: “And on the seventh day God rested from all his works.” ⁿ ⁵And again in the Scripture God said, “They will never enter my rest.”

⁶It is still true that some people will enter God’s rest, but those who first heard the way to be saved did not enter, because they did not obey. ⁷So God planned another day, called “today.” He spoke about that day through David a long time later in the same Scripture used before:

“Today listen to what he says.

Do not be stubborn.”

⁸We know that Joshua ⁿ did not lead the people into that rest, because God spoke later about another day. ⁹This shows that the rest ⁿ for God’s people is still coming. ¹⁰Anyone who enters God’s rest will rest from his work as God did. ¹¹Let us try as hard as we can to enter God’s rest so that no one will fail by following the example of those who refused to obey.

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Hebrews 4:9: So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God…

Footnotes

n“And … works.” Quotation from Genesis 2:2.
nJoshua After Moses died, Joshua became leader of the Jewish people and led them into the land that God promised to give them.
nrest Literally, “sabbath rest,” meaning a sharing in the rest that God began after he created the world.