1 Corinthians 10:8

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Again, let us not give way to the desires of the flesh, as some of them did, of whom twenty-three thousand came to their end in one day.

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  • Num 25:1-9 : 1 Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab: 2 For they sent for the people to be present at the offerings made to their gods; and the people took part in their feasts and gave honour to their gods. 3 So Israel had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor: and the Lord was moved to wrath against Israel. 4 Then the Lord said to Moses, Take all the chiefs of the people, hanging them up in the sun before the Lord, so that the wrath of the Lord may be turned from Israel. 5 So Moses said to the judges of Israel, Let everyone put to death those of his men who have had relations with the women of Moab in honour of the Baal of Peor. 6 Then one of the children of Israel came to his brothers, taking with him a woman of Midian, before the eyes of Moses and all the meeting of the people, while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of meeting. 7 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, seeing it, got up from among the people and took a spear in his hand, 8 And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel. 9 But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.
  • Ps 106:29 : 29 So they made him angry by their behaviour; and he sent disease on them.
  • 1 Cor 6:18 : 18 Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.
  • 1 Cor 6:9 : 9 Have you not knowledge that evil-doers will have no part in the kingdom of God? Have no false ideas about this: no one who goes after the desires of the flesh, or gives worship to images, or is untrue when married, or is less than a man, or makes a wrong use of men,
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.

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    9And let us not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did, and came to their death by snakes.

    10And do not say evil things against the Lord, as some of them did, and destruction overtook them.

  • 1 Cor 10:5-7
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    5But with most of them God was not pleased: for they came to their end in the waste land.

    6Now these things were for an example to us, so that our hearts might not go after evil things, as they did.

    7Then do not go after false gods, as some of them did; as it is said in the holy Writings, After resting and feasting, the people got up to take their pleasure.

  • Num 25:8-10
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    8And went after the man of Israel into the tent, driving the spear through the two of them, through the man of Israel and through the stomach of the woman. So the disease was stopped among the children of Israel.

    9But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.

    10And the Lord said to Moses,

  • Num 31:16-17
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    16It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.

    17So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.

  • Exod 19:21
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    21And the Lord said to Moses, Go down and give the people orders to keep back, for fear that a great number of them, forcing their way through to see the Lord, may come to destruction.

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    18Keep away from the desires of the flesh. Every sin which a man does is outside of the body; but he who goes after the desires of the flesh does evil to his body.

  • Num 31:35
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    35And thirty-two thousand persons, that is, women who had never had sex relations with a man.

  • Exod 32:28
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    28And the sons of Levi did as Moses said; and about three thousand of the people were put to death that day.

  • Josh 22:17-18
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    17Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,

    18That now you are turned back from the Lord? and, because you are false to him today, tomorrow his wrath will be let loose on all the people of Israel.

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    21Come out from among this people, so that I may send sudden destruction on them.

    22Then falling down on their faces they said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, because of one man's sin will your wrath be moved against all the people?

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    24Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

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    9In my letter I said to you that you were not to keep company with those who go after the desires of the flesh;

    10But I had not in mind the sinners who are outside the church, or those who have a desire for and take the property of others, or those who give worship to images; for it is not possible to keep away from such people without going out of the world completely:

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    21Then the children of Benjamin came out from Gibeah, cutting down twenty-two thousand of the Israelites that day.

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    1Now when Israel was living in Shittim the people became false to the Lord, doing evil with the daughters of Moab:

  • Exod 20:14
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    14Do not be false to the married relation.

  • Ezra 10:13
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    13But the number of people is great, and it is a time of much rain; it is not possible for us to go on waiting outside, and this is not a thing which may be done in one day or even two: for our sin in this business is great.

  • Jude 1:7
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    7Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the towns near them, having like these, given themselves up to unclean desires and gone after strange flesh, have been made an example, undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.

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    21And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.

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    17And with whom was he angry for forty years? was it not with those who did evil, who came to their deaths in the waste land?

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    26And he said to the people, Come away now from the tents of these evil men, without touching anything of theirs, or you may be taken in the punishment of their sins.

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    18For they are a danger to you with their false ways, causing sin to come on you in the question of Peor, and because of Cozbi, their sister, the daughter of the chief of Midian, who was put to death at the time of the disease which came on you because of Peor.

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    20Did not Achan, the son of Zerah, do wrong about the cursed thing, causing wrath to come on all the people of Israel? And not on him only came the punishment of death.

  • Num 14:33
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    33And your children will be wanderers in the waste land for forty years, undergoing punishment for your false ways, till your bodies become dust in the waste land.

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    24For this reason God gave them up to the evil desires of their hearts, working shame in their bodies with one another:

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    15So see that you make no agreement with the people of the land, and do not go after their gods, or take part in their offerings, or be guests at their feasts,

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    3For the purpose of God for you is this: that you may be holy, and may keep yourselves from the desires of the flesh;

  • Num 11:19
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    19Not for one day only, or even for five or ten or twenty days;

  • Lev 18:20
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    20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

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    30But they were not turned from their desires; and while the food was still in their mouths,

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