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Hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses (pleionos doxēs para Mōusēn ēxiōtai). Perfect passive indicative of axioō, to deem worthy, permanent situation described with definite claim of Christ’s superiority to Moses. Doxēs in genitive case after ēxiōtai. For para after the comparative pleionos see Heb 1:4, Heb 1:9; Heb 2:7.
By so much as (kath' hoson). A proportionate measurement (common use of kata and the quantitative relative hosos).
Than the house (tou oikou). Ablative case of comparison after pleiona. The architect is superior to the house just as Sir Christopher Wren is superior to St. Paul’s Cathedral. The point in the argument calls for Jesus as the builder (ho kataskeuasas, first aorist active participle of kataskeuazō, to found or build). But it is God’s house as autou means (Heb 3:2, Heb 3:5) and hou in Heb 3:6. This house of God existed before Moses (Heb 11:2, Heb 11:25). Jesus as God’s Son founded and supervised this house of God.