6 Now these things took place as examples ^cfor us, that we might not desire evil ^das they did. 7 Do not be idolaters ^eas some of them were; as it is written, ^f“The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play.” 8 We must not indulge in sexual immorality ^gas some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in a single day. 9 We must not ^hput Christ¹ to the test, ⁱas some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, 10 ^jnor ^kgrumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the ^lDestroyer. 11 Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.