1 Corinthians 10:10

Contextual Overview

⁶These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did. ⁶ What happened to them is a warning to keep us from wanting to do the same evil things. ⁶ Now these things took place as prefigurative historical events, warning us not to set our hearts on evil things as they did. ⁶ But these things happened [as] types of us, that we should not be lusters after evil things, as they also lusted. ⁶ And these things that happened are examples for us. These examples should stop us from wanting evil things like those people did. ⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. ⁶ Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did. ⁶ Nowe these things are our ensamples, to the intent that we should not lust after euil things as they also lusted. ⁶ But they became an example to us, so that we should not covet evil things as they did covet. ⁶ Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.

Bible Verse Review
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murmur: Exodus 15:24, Exodus 16:2-9, Exodus 17:2, Exodus 17:3, Numbers 14:2, Numbers 14:27-30, Numbers 16:41, Psalms 106:25, Philippians 2:14, Jude 1:16

were: Numbers 14:37, Numbers 16:46-49

destroyer: Exodus 12:23, 2 Samuel 24:16, 1 Chronicles 21:15, 2 Chronicles 32:21, Matthew 13:39-42, Acts 12:23, 2 Thessalonians 1:7, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Hebrews 11:28, Revelation 16:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:8 - the Lord heareth Exodus 23:20 - Angel Numbers 11:1 - And when Numbers 20:2 - gathered Job 15:21 - the destroyer Job 33:22 - his life Mark 14:5 - And they John 6:41 - murmured Acts 6:1 - there

Cross-References

Genesis 11:2
but after some of them moved from the east and settled in Babylonia,

Genesis 11:2
It came about that as they traveled from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shin‘ar and lived there.

Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar, and dwelt there.

Genesis 11:2
Then people began to move from the East. They found a plain in the land of Babylonia and stayed there to live.

Genesis 11:2
And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
And it came about that in their wandering from the east, they came to a stretch of flat country in the land of Shinar, and there they made their living-place.

Genesis 11:2
And when they went foorth from the east, they founde a playne in the lande of Sinar, and there they abode.

Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as men journeyed from the east, they found a plain in the land of Sinar; and they settled there.

Genesis 11:2
As they wandered about in the East, they came to a plain in Babylonia and settled there.

Genesis 11:2
And it came to pass, as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither murmur ye,.... Against the true apostles of Christ, and faithful ministers of the word; nor against the laws and ordinances of Christ, or providences of God; so some of the members of this church did, or were inclined to do:

as some of them also murmured: as against the Lord, so against Moses and Aaron. The people of Israel were very prone unto, and often guilty of this sin; but what the apostle here has respect unto, is either their murmuring upon the report the spies made of the good land, in Numbers 14:1, or that of Korah and his company against Moses and Aaron, as principal officers, who were for setting all upon a level; and of all the people against them, for the death of these men, Numbers 16:1,

and were destroyed of the destroyer; meaning either some judgment of God upon them, as the earth's opening and swallowing up Korah and all that belonged unto him; and the fire that came down from heaven, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense; and the plague which swept away fourteen thousand and seven hundred of those that murmured against Moses and Aaron, on the account of the death of the said persons; and any other judgment by which the carcasses of those fell in the wilderness, that murmured upon the report of the spies; or else since angels were usually employed by God, in inflicting such judgments, by the destroyer may be meant an angel, such an one as smote the firstborn in Egypt, and bears the same name, Hebrews 11:28 and as smote Israel with a pestilence upon David's numbering the people, and was about to have destroyed Jerusalem, had he not been restrained, 2 Samuel 24:15 and as, smote an hundred fourscore and five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians, in one night, 2 Kings 19:35. So that though an angel may be intended, it is not necessary, on account of the character given him, to understand an evil angel; it is true indeed, that Satan is by the Jews a called המשחית, "the destroyer"; and Samuel, the same with Satan, is called "the angel of death"; to which the allusion is in Hebrews 2:14 and evil angels are frequently styled מלאכי חבלה, "destroying angels" b; as distinct from ministering ones, and to which some think the apostle here refers.

a T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 16. 2. b T. Bab. Kiddushin, fol. 72. 1. Beracot, fol. 51. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither murmur ye - Do not repine at the allotments of Providence, or complain of His dealings.

As some of them also murmured - Numbers 14:2. The ground of their complaining was, that they had been disappointed; that they had been brought out of a land of plenty into a wilderness of want; and that instead of being conducted at once to the land of promise, they were left to perish in the desert. They therefore complained of their leaders, and proposed to return again into Egypt.

And were destroyed of the destroyer - That is, they were doomed to die in the wilderness without seeing the land of Canaan; Exodus 14:29. The “destroyer” here is understood by many to mean the “angel of death,” so often referred to in the Old Testament, and usually called by the Jews “Sammael.” The work of death, however, is attributed to an angel in Exodus 12:23; compare Hebrews 11:28. It was customary for the Hebrews to regard most human events as under the direction of angels. In Hebrews 2:14, he is described as he “that had the power of death;” compare the Book of Wisdom 18:22, 25. The simple idea here, however, is, that they died for their sin, and were not permitted to enter the promised land,

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 10:10. Neither murmur ye — How the Israelites murmured because of the manna, which their souls despised as a light bread-something incapable of affording them nourishment, c., and because they had been brought out of Egypt into the wilderness, and pretended that the promises of God had failed and how they were destroyed by serpents, and by the destroyer or plague; may be seen at large in the texts referred to in the margin on this and the preceding verses. It appears from what the apostle says here, that the Corinthians were murmuring against God and his apostle for prohibiting them from partaking of the idolatrous feasts, just as the Israelites did in the wilderness in reference to a similar subject. See the history of Phineas, with Zimri and Cosbi, and the rebellion of Corah and his company, c., c.

Destroyed of the destroyer. — The Jews suppose that God employed destroying angels to punish those rebellious Israelites they were five in number, and one of them they call משחית Meshachith, the destroyer which appears to be another name for Samael, the angel of death, to whose influence they attribute all deaths which are not uncommon or violent. Those who die violent deaths, or deaths that are not in the common manner of men, are considered as perishing by immediate judgments from God.