Now these things occurred as examples(A) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. Do not be idolaters,(B) 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](C) We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(D) We should not test Christ,[b](E) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(F) 10 And do not grumble, as some of them did(G)—and were killed(H) by the destroying angel.(I)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 10:7 Exodus 32:6
  2. 1 Corinthians 10:9 Some manuscripts test the Lord

Now these things occurred as examples for us, so that we might not desire evil as they did.(A) 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.”(B) We must not engage in sexual immorality, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.(C) We must not put Christ[a] to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by serpents.(D) 10 And do not complain, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer.(E)

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  1. 10.9 Other ancient authorities read the Lord