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1 Corinthians 10:3

They all ate the same spiritual food
1 Corinthians 10:3 · Berean Standard Bible
Parallel translations
  • WEB and all ate the same spiritual food;
  • KJV And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
  • NKJV all ate the same spiritual food,
  • NASB and they all ate the same spiritual food,
  • NLT All of them ate the same spiritual food,

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All Israel ate the same spiritual food—the manna God provided in the wilderness. They shared in God's supernatural provision.

Overview

Paul calls the manna "spiritual food" because it was miraculously given by God to sustain His people (Exod 16). All Israel partook of it, just as all the Corinthians partake of the Lord's Supper. The parallel continues to build his warning: shared participation in God-given spiritual benefits did not secure Israel against judgment, and the same caution applies to the Corinthian church and its sacramental confidence.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 9

  • Deut 8:3He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
  • Neh 9:15In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.
  • Exod 16:35The Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land where they could settle; they ate manna until they reached the border of Canaan.
  • Exod 16:4Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
  • Neh 9:20You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.
  • Exod 16:15When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
  • Ps 105:40They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
  • Ps 78:23–25Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of the heavens.
  • John 6:22–58The next day, the crowd that had remained on the other side of the sea realized that only one boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with His disciples, but they had gone away alone.

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Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

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