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But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.

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Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted.

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And do not become idolaters as were some of them. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play."

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Nor let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell;

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nor let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed by serpents;

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nor complain, as some of them also complained, and were destroyed by the destroyer.

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Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages have come.

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Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed lest he fall.