Charles Spurgeon Commentary Hebrews 3:16

"For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?" — Hebrews 3:16 (ASV)

However not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

No, but all except two. Yes, but the Lord will not forget two. There were only a mere handful—in Sodom, yet the Lord would not consume them with the wicked; they were brought out of it.

So it is here: if there are only two, the Holy Spirit takes care to be very accurate in counting God's elect ones. And He says, However, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses.

If you are one from a family and two from a city, He will take you and bring you to Zion. You may be in such a great minority that among all your acquaintances there is not one godly person. Yet the Holy Spirit will not consider them all together, but He will choose you out, mark you out, and distinguish you.

Do you not notice how careful He was when He spoke about Judas—the good Judas? He says, Not Iscariot. No, no; He will not have him mistaken for that traitor. He guards the names of His people, each one of them, if there is only one—and two, if there are only two.

However not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. God has an election according to grace.

Doubtless there are some here now who will no longer provoke God but, constrained by sovereign love, will throw down all the weapons of their rebellion and surrender to Him. May it be your case; may it be your case, sinner, even at this moment.