⁴ Then the foreign rabble who were traveling with the Israelites began to crave the good things of Egypt. And the people of Israel also began to complain. “Oh, for some meat!” they exclaimed.

⁶ These things happened as a warning to us, so that we would not crave evil things as they did,

³⁸ A rabble of non-Israelites went with them, along with great flocks and herds of livestock.

³ When this passage of the Law was read, all those of foreign descent were immediately excluded from the assembly.

³³ Don’t be fooled by those who say such things, for “bad company corrupts good character.”

¹⁴ Instead, clothe yourself with the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ. And don’t let yourself think about ways to indulge your evil desires.

An Example of Just Punishment

¹⁰ One day a man who had an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father came out of his tent and got into a fight with one of the Israelite men. ¹¹ During the fight, this son of an Israelite woman blasphemed the Name of the Lord^[a] with a curse. So the man was brought to Moses for judgment. His mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri of the tribe of Dan.