unto whom I sware in My wrath, a section of this solemn oath of Jehovah being quoted here, that they should not enter into My rest. Cf Numbers 14:30. It was an emphatic declaration, supported by His oath, and it resulted in the death of all those who were above the age of forty at the time of the exodus from Egypt. As far as we Christians are concerned, Hebrews 3:7 to Hebrews 4:13 is, in effect, an application of this psalm to the condition in the Church of God at all times, a most searching passage, which we shall do well to heed in these last days of general apostasy.

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