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2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.
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3 They all ate the same spiritual food
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3 They all ate the same spiritual food
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4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
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4 and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.
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5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.
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5 Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered over the desert.
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6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
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6 Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
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7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."
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7 Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in pagan revelry."
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8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
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8 We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did--and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
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9 We should not test the Lord, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes.
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9 We should not test the Lord, as some of them did--and were killed by snakes.
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10 And do not grumble, as some of them did--and were killed by the destroying angel.
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10 And do not grumble, as some of them did--and were killed by the destroying angel.
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11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
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11 These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.
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12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!
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12 So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall!
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Scripture quoted by permission. Quotations designated (NIV) are from THE HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica. All rights reserved worldwide. (New International Version Bible Online) |
