5 Yet, God was not pleased with most of them, so their dead bodies were scattered over the desert.
6 These things have become examples for us so that we won’t desire what is evil, as they did.
7 So don’t worship false gods as some of them did, as Scripture says, “The people sat down to a feast which turned into an orgy.”
8 We shouldn’t sin sexually as some of them did. Twenty-three thousand of them died on one day.
9 We shouldn’t put the Lord to the test as some of them did. They were killed by snakes.
10 Don’t complain as some of them did. The angel of death destroyed them.
11 These things happened to make them an example for others. These things were written down as a warning for us who are living in the closing days of history.