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6 Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.
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Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.
7 Do not become idolaters as some of them did; as it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play."
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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 revelry.”
8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.
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We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.
9 We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.
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We should not test Christ, as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.
10 And do not complain as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.
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And do not grumble, as some of them did—and were killed by the destroying angel.
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