3 We who believe, then, do receive that rest which God promised. It is just as he said,“I was angry and made a solemn promise:‘They will never enter the land where I would have given them rest!’”He said this even though his work had been finished from the time he created the world.
4 For somewhere in the Scriptures this is said about the seventh day: “God rested on the seventh day from all his work.”
5 This same matter is spoken of again: “They will never enter that land where I would have given them rest.”
6 Those who first heard the Good News did not receive that rest, because they did not believe. There are, then, others who are allowed to receive it.
7 This is shown by the fact that God sets another day, which is called “Today.” Many years later he spoke of it through David in the scripture already quoted:“If you hear God's voice today,do not be stubborn.”
8 If Joshua had given the people the rest that God had promised, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9 As it is, however, there still remains for God's people a rest like God's resting on the seventh day.