1 Corinthians 10:8

Let’s not commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

In Context

7Don’t be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, “The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.”

9Let’s not test Christ, as some of them tested, and perished by the serpents.

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Cross References

Numbers 25:1Israel stayed in Shittim; and the people began to play the prostitute with the daughters of Moab;

1 Corinthians 6:9Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,

Revelation 2:14But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit sexual immorality.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:7-15

Admonitions and Warnings. ( a. d. 57.) 6 Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. 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. 8 Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. 10 Neither murmur ye, as some of them… Read the whole commentary →

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