Albert Barnes Commentary Hebrews 3:2

"who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house." — Hebrews 3:2 (ASV)

Who was faithful. See the discussion on Hebrews 2:17.

He performed with fidelity all the functions entrusted to him.

To him that appointed him. (Marginal note: Made). The word made, however, is used in the sense of constituted or appointed. The meaning is that he was faithful to God. Perhaps Paul urges them to consider his fidelity to keep them from the danger of apostasy.

A leading object of this epistle was to preserve those whom he addressed from apostatizing from God, amid the temptations and trials to which they were exposed. In doing this, what could be a more powerful argument than to direct their attention to the unwavering constancy and fidelity of the Lord Jesus?

The importance of such a virtue in the Savior is manifest. It is seen everywhere, and all the great interests of the world depend on it. A husband should maintain inviolate fidelity towards a wife, and a wife towards her husband; a child should be faithful to a parent, a clerk and apprentice to his employer, a lawyer to his client, a physician to his patient, an ambassador to the government that commissions him.

No matter what temptations may be in the way, in all these and in all other relations, there should be inviolate fidelity. The welfare of the world depended on the faithfulness of the Lord Jesus. Had he failed in that, all would have been lost. His fidelity was worthy of more attentive consideration, given the numerous temptations which beset his path and the attempts made to turn him aside from his devotedness to God.

Amid all the temptations of the adversary, and all the trials through which he passed, he never for a moment swerved from fidelity to the great trust committed to his hands. What better example to preserve them from the temptations to apostasy could the apostle propose to the Christians whom he addressed?

What, in these temptations and trials, could be more appropriate than for them to consider the example of the great Apostle and High Priest of their profession? What more proper for us now, in the trials and temptations of our lives, than to keep that great and glorious example continually before our eyes?

As also Moses was faithful, Fidelity to God was remarkable in Moses. In all the provocations and rebellions of the Jews, he was firm and unwavering. This is affirmed of him in Numbers 12:7, to which place the apostle here alludes: My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all his house. The word house, as applied to Moses, is used probably in the sense of family, as it often is, and refers to the family over which he presided—that is, the Jewish nation. The whole Jewish people were a household, or the family of God. Moses was appointed to preside over it and was faithful in the functions of his office there.