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Hebrews 3:5 Explained in Context

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Verse 5. And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after;

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Role in This Section

This verse defines Moses's faithfulness as servantly witness inside God's house to things later spoken.

Read It With

  • Hebrews 3:1–6

Read Hebrews 3:5 with 3:1–6. This verse defines Moses's faithfulness as servantly witness inside God's house to things later spoken. The complete unit establishes this movement: Holy siblings sharing a heavenly calling must consider Jesus, the confessed apostle and high priest: Moses was faithful as a servant in God's house, while Christ is faithful as Son over it, and the community is that house as it holds confidence and hope.

Why It Needs Context

This verse defines Moses's faithfulness as servantly witness inside God's house to things later spoken. That contribution depends on Hebrews 3:1–6; isolated teaching would detach the line from the sermon's complete movement.

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Read Hebrews 3:1–6 — Jesus Is Faithful over God's House
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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society

USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.

Exact location: Hebrews 3:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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Greek textual evidence

The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition

Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos

Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010

Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, discourse features, quotations, and original-language discussion.

Exact location: SBLGNT official text file Heb.txt, 3:1–6

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