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

¹ For I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; ² and were all immersed unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; ³ and all ate the same spiritual food; ⁴ and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was the Christ. ⁵ But in the most of them God took no pleasure; for they were overthrown in the wilderness.

⁶ Now these things became types for us, that we might not covet evil things, as they also coveted. ⁷ Neither become ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it has been written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play." ⁸ Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. ⁹ Nor let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted Him, and perished by the serpents. ¹⁰ Neither murmur ye, as some of them murmured, and perished by the destroyer. ¹¹ Now these things were happening to them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, unto whom the ends of the ages have come. ¹² Wherefore, let him who thinks he is standing take heed, lest he fall. ¹³ A temptation has not taken you, except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but will with the temptation make also the way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it.