1 Corinthians 10:9
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Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished by the serpent.

tempt.

Exodus 17:2,7 And they chode with Moses, and said: Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses answered them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do you tempt the Lord? . . .

Exodus 23:20,21 Behold I will send my angel, who shall go before thee, and keep thee in thy journey, and bring thee into the place that I have prepared. . . .

Numbers 21:5 And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

Deuteronomy 6:16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God, as thou temptedst him in the place of temptation.

Psalm 78:18,56 And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires. . . .

Psalm 95:9 As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

Psalm 106:14 And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

Hebrews 3:8-11 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the desert, . . .

Hebrews 10:28-30 A man making void the law of Moses dieth without any mercy under two or three witnesses: . . .

and were.

Numbers 21:6 Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

Context
Warnings from Israel's Past
8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them that committed fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished by the serpent. 10Neither do you murmur, as some of them murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.…
Cross References
Exodus 17:2
And they chode with Moses, and said: Give us water, that we may drink. And Moses answered them: Why chide you with me? Wherefore do you tempt the Lord?

Numbers 21:5
And speaking against God and Moses, they said: Why didst thou bring us out of Egypt, to die in the wilderness? There is no bread, nor have we any waters: our soul now loatheth this very light food.

Numbers 21:6
Wherefore the Lord sent among the people fiery serpents, which bit them and killed many of them.

Psalm 78:18
And they tempted God in their hearts, by asking meat for their desires.

Psalm 95:9
As in the provocation, according to the day of temptation in the wilderness: where your fathers tempted me, they proved me, and saw my works.

Psalm 106:14
And they coveted their desire in the desert: and they tempted God in the place without water.

Lexicon
We should not test
ἐκπειράζωμεν (ekpeirazōmen)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1598: To put to the test, make trial of, tempt, try. From ek and peirazo; to test thoroughly.

Christ,
Χριστόν (Christon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

as
καθώς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[did],
ἐπείρασαν (epeirasan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 3985: To try, tempt, test. From peira; to test, i.e. Endeavor, scrutinize, entice, discipline.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

were killed
ἀπώλλυντο (apōllynto)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 622: From apo and the base of olethros; to destroy fully, literally or figuratively.

by
ὑπὸ (hypo)
Preposition
Strong's Greek 5259: A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).

snakes.
ὄφεων (opheōn)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 3789: Probably from optanomai; a snake, figuratively, an artful malicious person, especially Satan.


Additional Translations
We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

Neither should we test the Christ, as some of them tested, and were destroyed by serpents.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.

Neither let us make trial of the Lord, as some of them made trial, and perished by the serpents.

Neither let us tempt the Christ, as some of them tempted, and perished by serpents.

Neither let us tempt the Lord, as some of them tempted, and perished by the serpents.

Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents.

And do not let us test the Lord too far, as some of them tested Him and were destroyed by the serpents.

Neither let us test the Lord, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

neither may we tempt the Christ, as also certain of them did tempt, and by the serpents did perish;
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