1 Corinthians 10:1

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;

2 And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat;

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 children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

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  • Nehemiah 9:11–12

    And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters.

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  • Psalms 78:13–14

    He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap.

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  • Psalms 106:7–11

    Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

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  • Psalms 105:39

    He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night.

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  • Exodus 14:19–22

    And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them:

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  • Exodus 13:21–22

    And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

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  • Hebrews 11:29

    By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned.

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