Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 10:5-6
1 Corinthians 10:5-6. But with many of them Although they had so many tokens of the divine presence with them, and enjoyed such singular favours; God was not well pleased So far from it, that he swore in his wrath they should not enter into the rest he had provided for them; and therefore they were overthrown in the wilderness With the most terrible marks of his wrath. Even the whole generation that came adult out of Egypt died there, and sometimes in such multitudes, that the ground... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 10:5
But with many of them ... - That is, with their conduct. They rebelled and sinned, and were destroyed. The design of the apostle here is, to remind them that although they enjoyed so many privileges, yet they were destroyed; and thus to admonish the Corinthians that their privileges did not constitute an absolute security from danger, and that they should be cautious against the indulgence of sin. The phrase rendered here “with many” ἐν τοῖς πλείων en tois pleiōn should have been rendered... read more