1 Corinthians 10:5

“But with many of them God was not well pleased, etc.] As he is with none but those that are in Christ; and with none of the services of men, but what are done in faith, which become acceptable to him through Jesus Christ; for in him only persons and services are accepted with God; and this was the way of acceptance in the Old, as in the New Testament dispensation: how many of the Jewish fathers God was not well pleased with, or took no delight in, but hated and abhorred, which is the sense of the phrase here, whether they were the greatest part or not, is not certain; however, they were not all, excepting Joshua and Caleb, as some interpreters understand it; for not all that died in the…”

“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.”

“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 “with most of them,” literally” with the many; and it means that with the greater part of them God was not well pleased; that is, he was pleased with but few of them. Was not well pleased - Was offended…”

“Yet - Although they had so many tokens of the divine presence. They were overthrown - With the most terrible marks of his displeasure. 1 Corinthians 10:6”

“Num 14:11, Num 14:12, Num 14:28-35, Num 26:64, Num 26:65; Deu 1:34, Deu 1:35, Deu 2:15, Deu 2:16; Psa 78:32-34; Psa 90:1 \*title Psa 90:7, Psa 90:8, Psa 95:11, Psa 106:26; Heb 3:17; Jde 1:5 1 Corinthians 10:6”