These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
Joshua 22:17 - New International Version (Anglicised) Was not the sin of Peor enough for us? Up to this very day we have not cleansed ourselves from that sin, even though a plague fell on the community of the Lord! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come.
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did – and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.