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Heb 3:2. Πιστὸν ὄντα, who is faithful) Num 12:7, at the end, עבדי משה בכל ביתי נאמן הוא, LXX., ὁ θεράπων μου (comp. presently afterwards, Heb 3:5) Μωϋσῆς ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ οἴκῳ μου πιστός ἐστι. He calls him faithful, who is both himself so, and is acknowledged to be so by GOD, and is praised on that account. From this flows faithfulness in office, and the faith of the hearers without exception, for this very reason that Moses is נאכון; comp. Num. same chap., Heb 3:8, likewise at the end.-τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτὸν, to Him that appointed Him) His heavenly Father made or appointed Jesus Christ to be both His Apostle and High Priest, ch. Heb 5:5; where τὸ γενηθῆναι, to be made, viz. by the word of the Lord, corresponds to τῷ ποιήσαντι. Add Act 2:36. And this rouses us to the exercise of faith. There is an expression which very much resembles this in 1Sa 12:6; 1Sa 12:8 : “It is the Lord who made [Engl. Vers., advanced] (LXX., ὁ ποιήσας) and sent Moses and Aaron.”-ὡς καὶ Μωϋσῆς, as also Moses) So Deu 18:15. He praises Moses, and thus conciliates the Jews, before that he prefers Christ to him; although he has prepared their minds for hearing it, by his preferring the same Jesus even to angels.-οἴκῳ, in His house) A rare appellation in the time of Moses.-αὐτοῦ, His, of Him) of GOD, Heb 3:6, note.