1 Corinthians 10:9. Neither let us tempt the Lord, [1] as some of them [2] tempted, and perished by the serpents. The fact referred to is that in Numbers 21:4-6.

[1] We adopt this reading with some hesitation, in place of the received reading “Christ.” For this reading, though weakly supported by Uncial MSS., is strongly sustained by the Versions; and Irenaus and Chrysostom so read. It has also strong internal evidence: (1) Being the more difficult reading, it might easily go out in favour of the easier reading “Lord.” (2) Because, if the copyist remembered our Lord's quotation in the Temptation-scene “Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God”

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