E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:9
tempt = put thoroughly to the test. Greek. ekpeirazo. Only here and Matthew 4:7 . Luke 4:12 ; Luke 10:25 . Christ . The texts read "the Lord". tempted . Greek. peirazo, the word commonly used. were destroyed . Greek. pass, of apollumi. See 1 Corinthians 1:18 . of = by. App-104 . See Numbers 21:5 , Numbers 21:6 . read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 10:8
three and twenty thousand . See Numbers 25:1-9 where the number is given as 24,000, but this included the princes of the people of verse 4. See note there. [ Conversion note : verse 4 of what book and chapter? Numbers 25:4 ? 1 Corinthians 10:4 ? Neither verse describes "princes of the people", so I left the original text as "verse 4".] read more