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and all [of them] drank the same [a]spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ.(A) Nevertheless, God was not well-pleased with [b]most of them, for they were scattered along the ground in the wilderness [because their lack of self-control led to disobedience which led to death].(B)

Now these things [the warnings and admonitions] took place as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:4 I.e. divinely provided water from a rock.
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:5 Of all those adult Israelites who had been in bondage in Egypt, only Joshua and Caleb (along with those born in the wilderness) were allowed to enter the promised land.

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