fathers.

John 6:31
Our forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"

and are.

Numbers 26:65
For the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.

Zechariah 1:5
Where are your forefathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?

1 Corinthians 10:3-5
They all ate the same spiritual food . . .

Hebrews 3:17-19
And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? . . .

Jude 1:5
Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.