These things happened to them to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
Joshua 22:17 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from which even yet we have not cleansed ourselves, and for which a plague came upon the congregation of the Lord, Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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 to serve as an example, and they were written down to instruct us, on whom the ends of the ages have come.
We must not indulge in sexual immorality as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day.