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1 Corinthians 10:9

“Nor let us put the Messiah to the test, as some of them tested him, and they were being destroyed by the snakes.”

1 Corinthians 10:9 · direct translation from the Greek
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Explicit type · Numbers 21:5-6

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Paul gives as an example those who died from the serpents after speaking against God and against Moses (Numbers 21:5-6).

The biblical author himself makes the connection, in these words:

ταῦτα δὲ τυπικῶς συνέβαινεν ἐκείνοις “these things happened to them as examples” (1 Corinthians 10:11)

  • ὄφεωνopheōnG3789נְּחָשִׁיםnejashimH5175“serpent”

1 Corinthians 10:9, word by word

let us putἐκπειράζωμενekpeirazōmen

test, tempt

Test, put to the test; tempt God by demanding that he prove something.

Where else “ekpeirazōmen” appears
the MessiahΧριστόνChriston

Messiah

Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.

Where else “Christon” appears
tested himἐπείρασανepeirasan

test

To test someone to see what they are or will do; also to attempt something.

Where else “epeirasan” appears
they were being destroyedἀπώλλυντοapōllynto

destroy

To do away with someone or something: take a life or ruin it.

Where else “apōllynto” appears
the snakesὄφεωνopheōn

snake

Snake, serpent.

Where else “opheōn” appears

Translation note· on the manuscripts

Numbers 21:5-6. Many manuscripts read “the Lord.”

The context

8Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

9 · This verse (above)

10Nor grumble, as some of them grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.

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