1Cor 10:5 | JFB | STEP | 5. But —though they had so many tokens of God's presence. many of them —rather, "the majority of them"; "the whole part." All except Joshua and Caleb of the first generation. not —in the Greek emphatically standing in the beginning of the sentence: "Not," as one might have naturally expected, "with the more part of them was," &c. God —whose judgment alone is valid. for —the event showed, they had not pleased God. overthrown —literally, "strewn in heaps." in the wilderness

1 Corinthians 10:5

5. But—though they had so many tokens of God's presence.

many of them—rather, "the majority of them"; "the whole part." All except Joshua and Caleb of the first generation.

not—in the Greek emphatically standing in the beginning of the sentence: "Not," as one might have naturally expected, "with the more part of them was," &c.

God—whose judgment alone is valid.

for—the event showed, they had not pleased God.

overthrown—literally, "strewn in heaps."

in the wilderness—far from the land of promise.