A moment in scripture
1 Corinthians 10:8
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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Corinthians 10:6
Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
- 1 Corinthians 10:7
Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
- 1 Corinthians 10:9
Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.