1 Corinthians 10:8 (WEB)
Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.
Catechism · 1
“Early Christian catechesis made constant use of the Old Testament.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. I Cor 5:6-8; 10:1-11.
Fathers and councils · 5
Augustine of Hippo
“…the bondage in which they in Egypt were oppressed, and of the punishment which avenged their sin on their journey, that these things befell them in a figure: what actions wilt thou find, from which thou mayest set aside that rule, and take upon thee to affirm that they are not to be reduced to some figure?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–11
Read the whole comment“But they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world have come.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 1–11. (See R.R.)
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Tertullian
“And of course it is a sufficient one, that so vast a number—(the number) of 24,000—of the People, when they committed fornication with the daughters of Madian, fell in one plague.” — editor's note: See Num. xxv. 1–9; 1 Cor. x. 8.
Read the whole comment“Should I now commit the same sins as the people, shall I have to suffer the same penalties, or not?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 7–10.
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Clement of Alexandria
“Remember the four and twenty thousand that were rejected for fornication.” — editor's note: [1 Cor. x. 8; Num. xxv. 1–9. Clement says twenty-four thousand, with the Old Testament, but St. Paul says twenty-three thousand; on which, ad locum, see…
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Cross-references · 3
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.
Cited together in On Lying Chapter 26.