7 Let us stop being idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to play."

8 Let us stop sinning sexually, as some of them were doing, and on a single day 23,000 fell dead.

9 Let us stop putting the Lord to the test, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by snakes.

10 You must stop complaining, as some of them were doing, and were destroyed by the destroying angel.

11 These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down as a warning for us in whom the climax of the ages has been realized.