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

Now these things happened as (B)examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as (C)they indeed craved them. Do not be (D)idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: “(E)The people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to (F)play.”

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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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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6