Hebrews 4:7. Again. To continue the argument and to correct another misconstruction. He has already shown that the rest of God of which he here speaks is not the rest of God after creation; he now proceeds to show, by a further examination of the Psalm, that neither is it the rest of Canaan.

He limiteth (still further defines the day and consequently the rest of which he speaks) a certain day, saying in David (as we say ‘in Daniel'), not ‘by ' David, nor, as Bengel holds, ‘in,' i.e by the Spirit dwelling in and inspiring him.

A long time (some 500 years) after they had entered Canaan, as it is said in the forequoted passage (Hebrews 3:7; Hebrews 3:15).

Today if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts. Some think the words ‘Today' look forward to the time of the Gospel (translating ‘today,' i.e as it said a long time before the day comes; so Dr. J. Brown and others; but if this be the meaning, it would surely be needless for the writer to prove by argument that the entering into rest had not yet come).

A long time points back to the entrance into Canaan, and ‘as it has been said before' (the true reading) points simply to the previous quotations.

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