Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as (A)they did.

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Now these things occurred as examples(A) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.

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just as (A)Sodom and Gomorrah and (B)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and (C)pursued unnatural desire,[a] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

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  1. Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah(A) and the surrounding towns(B) gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.(C)

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11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but (A)they were written down for our instruction, (B)on whom the end of the ages has come.

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11 These things happened to them as examples(A) and were written down as warnings for us,(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.(C)

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Now the (A)rabble that was among them had a strong craving. And the people of Israel also (B)wept again and said, (C)“Oh that we had meat to eat!

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Quail From the Lord

The rabble with them began to crave other food,(A) and again the Israelites started wailing(B) and said, “If only we had meat to eat!

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if by (A)turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ashes he condemned them to extinction, (B)making them an example of (C)what is going to happen to the ungodly;[a]

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  1. 2 Peter 2:6 Some manuscripts an example to those who were to be ungodly

if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes,(A) and made them an example(B) of what is going to happen to the ungodly;(C)

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11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so (A)that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.

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11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.(A)

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(A)“I have cut off nations;
    their battlements are in ruins;
I have laid waste their streets
    (B)so that no one walks in them;
their cities have been made desolate,
    without a man, without an inhabitant.
(C)I said, ‘Surely you will fear me;
    (D)you will accept correction.
Then your[a] dwelling would not be cut off
    according to all that I have appointed against you.’[b]
But (E)all the more they were eager
    to make all their deeds corrupt.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:7 Hebrew her
  2. Zephaniah 3:7 Hebrew her

Jerusalem Remains Unrepentant

“I have destroyed nations;
    their strongholds are demolished.
I have left their streets deserted,
    with no one passing through.
Their cities are laid waste;(A)
    they are deserted and empty.
Of Jerusalem I thought,
    ‘Surely you will fear me
    and accept correction!’(B)
Then her place of refuge[a] would not be destroyed,
    nor all my punishments come upon[b] her.
But they were still eager
    to act corruptly(C) in all they did.

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  1. Zephaniah 3:7 Or her sanctuary
  2. Zephaniah 3:7 Or all those I appointed over

21 Baptism, which corresponds to this, (A)now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but (B)as an appeal to God for a good conscience, (C)through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

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21 and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you(A) also—not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience(B) toward God.[a] It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,(C)

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  1. 1 Peter 3:21 Or but an appeal to God for a clear conscience

24 For Christ has entered, not into holy places (A)made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God (B)on our behalf.

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24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with human hands that was only a copy of the true one;(A) he entered heaven itself,(B) now to appear for us in God’s presence.(C)

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14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not (A)like the transgression of Adam, (B)who was a type of (C)the one who was to come.

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14 Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam,(A) who is a pattern of the one to come.(B)

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Quail and a Plague

31 Then a (A)wind from the Lord sprang up, and it brought quail from the sea and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits[a] above the ground. 32 And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail. Those who gathered least gathered ten (B)homers.[b] And they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. 33 (C)While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and (D)the Lord struck down the people with a very great plague. 34 Therefore the name of that place was called (E)Kibroth-hattaavah,[c] because there they buried the people who had the craving.

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  1. Numbers 11:31 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Numbers 11:32 A homer was about 6 bushels or 220 liters
  3. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth-hattaavah means graves of craving

31 Now a wind went out from the Lord and drove quail(A) in from the sea. It scattered them up to two cubits[a] deep all around the camp, as far as a day’s walk in any direction. 32 All that day and night and all the next day the people went out and gathered quail. No one gathered less than ten homers.[b] Then they spread them out all around the camp. 33 But while the meat was still between their teeth(B) and before it could be consumed, the anger(C) of the Lord burned against the people, and he struck them with a severe plague.(D) 34 Therefore the place was named Kibroth Hattaavah,[c](E) because there they buried the people who had craved other food.

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  1. Numbers 11:31 That is, about 3 feet or about 90 centimeters
  2. Numbers 11:32 That is, possibly about 1 3/4 tons or about 1.6 metric tons
  3. Numbers 11:34 Kibroth Hattaavah means graves of craving.

14 But they had (A)a wanton craving in the wilderness,
    and (B)put God to the test in the desert;
15 he (C)gave them what they asked,
    but sent (D)a wasting disease among them.

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14 In the desert(A) they gave in to their craving;
    in the wilderness(B) they put God to the test.(C)
15 So he gave them(D) what they asked for,
    but sent a wasting disease(E) among them.

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27 he rained meat on them like (A)dust,
    winged birds like (B)the sand of the seas;
28 he (C)let them fall in the midst of their camp,
    all around their dwellings.
29 And they (D)ate and were well filled,
    for he gave them what they (E)craved.
30 But before they had satisfied their craving,
    (F)while the food was still in their mouths,
31 the anger of God rose against them,
    and he killed (G)the strongest of them
    and laid low (H)the young men of Israel.

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27 He rained meat down on them like dust,
    birds(A) like sand on the seashore.
28 He made them come down inside their camp,
    all around their tents.
29 They ate till they were gorged—(B)
    he had given them what they craved.
30 But before they turned from what they craved,
    even while the food was still in their mouths,(C)
31 God’s anger rose against them;
    he put to death the sturdiest(D) among them,
    cutting down the young men of Israel.

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