1 Corinthians 10:1-13 - A History Lesson From Israel

¹ But I want you not to be ignorant, brothers, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, ² and all in Moses were immersed in the cloud and in the sea. ³ And they all ate the same spiritual food, ⁴ and they all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from a spiritual rock that followed them. And the rock was the Christ. ⁵ However with most of them God was not well pleased, for they were strewn in the wilderness.

⁶ But these things became our examples, for us not to be men who lust for evil things as those also lusted. ⁷ Neither become ye idolaters as some of them, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel. ⁸ Nor should we fornicate as some of them fornicated, and three thousand fell in one day. ⁹ Nor should we challenge the Christ as some of them also challenged, and were destroyed by the serpents. ¹⁰ And ye should not grumble as some of them grumbled, and were destroyed by the destroyer. ¹¹ Now all these things happened to those men for examples, and they were written for our admonition, to whom the ends of the ages came. ¹² Therefore let him who seems to stand take heed lest he fall. ¹³ No temptation has taken you except is common to man. But God is faithful who will not allow you to be tempted above what ye are able, but with the temptation will also make the way to escape, to enable you to endure.