1Cor 10:6-8 | NETfull | STEP | These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

1 Corinthians 10:6-8

6 These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did. 7 So 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 .” ^{▼▼ 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).} ^{▼▼ A quotation from Exod 32:6.} 8 And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. ^{▼▼ This incident is recorded in Num 25:1–9.}