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Hebrews 3 General Notes
Structure and formatting
This chapter is about how Jesus is better than Moses, the greatest Israelite in the Old Testament.
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 3:7-11,15, which is from the Old Testament.
Special concepts in this chapter
Brothers
The author probably uses the term "brothers" to refer to Christians who grew up as Jews.
Important figures of speech in this chapter
Harden your hearts
A person who hardens his heart is a person who will not listen to or obey God. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)
Rhetorical questions
The author uses rhetorical questions as a way of warning his readers. Both he and the readers know the answers to the questions, and the writer knows that as the readers think about the answers to the questions, they will realize that they need to listen to God and obey him.