1 Corinthians 10:1
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
3 They all ate the same spiritual food
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- KJV
- Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- WEB
- Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- ASV
- For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- DARBY
- For I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- BLB
- For I do not want you⁺ to be ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea.
- ÅB
- For jeg vil ikke, brødre, at dere skal være uvitende om at våre fedre var alle under skyen og gikk alle gjennom havet
- OTB
- For jeg vil ikke at dere skal være uvitende, brødre og søstre, om at våre fedre alle var under skyen og alle gikk gjennom havet;
- B1930
- For jeg vil ikke, brødre, at I skal være uvitende om at våre fedre var alle under skyen og gikk alle gjennem havet
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 14:29
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
Read in contextNehemiah 9:11–12
You divided the sea before them, and they crossed through it on dry ground. You hurled their pursuers into the depths like a stone into raging waters.
Read in contextPsalms 78:13–14
He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall.
Read in contextPsalms 106:7–11
Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.
Read in contextPsalms 105:39
He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.
Read in contextExodus 14:19–22
And the angel of God, who had gone before the camp of Israel, withdrew and went behind them. The pillar of cloud also moved from before them and stood behind them,
Read in contextExodus 13:21–22
And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.
Read in contextHebrews 11:29
By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
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