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Yet God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the desert.(A)

[a]These things happened as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil things, as they did.(B) And do not become idolaters, as some of them did, as it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to revel.”(C)

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  1. 10:6–13 This section explicitates the typological value of these Old Testament events: the desert experiences of the Israelites are examples, meant as warnings, to deter us from similar sins (idolatry, immorality, etc.) and from a similar fate.

Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.(A)

Now these things occurred as examples(B) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters,(C) as some of them were; as it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”[a](D)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6