1Co 10:5 But God was not pleased with most of them. Their bodies were scattered all over the desert. 1Co 10:6 Now those things happened as examples for us. They are supposed to keep us from longing for evil things, as the people of Israel did. 1Co 10:7 So don't worship statues of gods, as some of them did. It is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up to dance wildly in front of their god." (Exodus 32:6) 1Co 10:8 We should not commit sexual sins, as some of them did. In one day 23,000 of them died. 1Co 10:9 We should not put the Lord to the test, as some of them did. They were killed by snakes. 1Co 10:10 Don't tell your leaders how unhappy you are with them. That's what some of the people of Israel did. And they were killed by the destroying angel. 1Co 10:11 Those things happened to them as examples for us. They were written down to warn us who are living at the time when God's work is being completed. (NiRV)