1 Corinthians 10:6-8

International Children’s Bible

⁶And these things that happened are examples for us. They should stop us from wanting evil things as those people did. ⁷Do not worship idols, as some of them did. It is written in the Scriptures: “The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up and had wild parties.”^[a] ⁸We should not take part in sexual sin, as some of them did. In one day 23,000 of them died because of their sins.

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Footnotes

10:7 “The people . . . parties.” Quotation from Exodus 32:6.

1 Corinthians 10:6-8

New International Version

⁶Now these things occurred as examples^(A) to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. ⁷Do 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) ⁸We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.^(D)