The things that happened to those people are examples. And those things were written to be warnings for us. We live in the time that all those past histories were pointing to.
Joshua 22:17 - Easy To Read Version Remember what happened at Peor? We are still suffering because of that sin. Because of that great sin, God caused many of the people of Israel to become very sick. And we are still suffering because of that sickness today. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed even now, although there came a plague [in which 24,000 died] in the congregation of the Lord, [Num. 25:1-9.] American Standard Version (1901) Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves unto this day, although there came a plague upon the congregation of Jehovah, Common English Bible Wasn’t the offense of Peor enough for us? Even today we still haven’t cleansed ourselves from that sin, when there was a plague on the LORD’s community! Catholic Public Domain Version Is it a small thing to you that you have sinned with Baal of Peor, and that the stain of that crime continues among us, even to the present day? And many of the people have fallen. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is it a small thing to you that you sinned with Beelphegor, and the stain of that crime remaineth in us to this day? And many of the people perished. |
The things that happened to those people are examples. And those things were written to be warnings for us. We live in the time that all those past histories were pointing to.
We should not do sexual sins like some of those people did. In one day 23,000 of them died \{because of their sin\}.