1 Corinthians 10:6-8

New English Translation

⁶These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did. ⁷So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.”^[a] ⁸And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and 23,000 died in a single day.^[b]

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1 Corinthians 10:7 tn The term “play” may refer to idolatrous, sexual play here, although that is determined by the context rather than the meaning of the word itself (cf. BDAG 750 s.v. παίζω).sn A quotation from Exod 32:6.
1 Corinthians 10:8 sn This incident is recorded in Num 25:1-9.

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)