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Do not worship idols, as some of them did. Just as it is written in the Scriptures: “They sat down to eat and drink, and then they got up and sinned sexually.”[a] We must not take part in sexual sins, as some of them did. In one day twenty-three thousand of them died because of their sins. We must not test Christ as some of them did; they were killed by snakes.

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  1. 10:7 “They . . . sexually.” Quotation from Exodus 32:6.

Do not be idolaters,(A) 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](B) We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did—and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.(C) We should not test Christ,[b](D) as some of them did—and were killed by snakes.(E)

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