1 Corinthians 10:8
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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them that committed fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Numbers 25:1
And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab,

Numbers 25:9
And there were slain four and twenty thousand men.

Matthew 5:32
But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

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Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them that committed fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

1 Corinthians 6:9,18 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers: . . .

Numbers 25:1-9 And Israel at that time abode in Settim, and the people committed fornication with the daughters of Moab, . . .

Psalm 106:29 And they provoked him with their inventions: and destruction was multiplied among them.

Revelation 2:14 But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication.

Context
Warnings from Israel's Past
7Neither become ye idolaters, as some of them, as it is written: The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. 8Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them that committed fornication: and there fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 9Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them tempted and perished by the serpent.…
Lexicon
We should not commit sexual immorality,
πορνεύωμεν (porneuōmen)
Verb - Present Subjunctive Active - 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

as
καθώς (kathōs)
Adverb
Strong's Greek 2531: According to the manner in which, in the degree that, just as, as. From kata and hos; just as, that.

some
τινες (tines)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Plural
Strong's Greek 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

of them
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[did],
ἐπόρνευσαν (eporneusan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4203: To fornicate; met: I practice idolatry. From porne; to act the harlot, i.e. indulge unlawful lust, or practise idolatry.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

in one
μιᾷ (mia)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 1520: One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.

day
ἡμέρᾳ (hēmera)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2250: A day, the period from sunrise to sunset.

twenty-three
εἰκοσι (eikosi)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 1501: Twenty. Of uncertain affinity; a score.

thousand [of them]
χιλιάδες (chiliades)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Plural
Strong's Greek 5505: A thousand, the number one thousand. From chilioi; one thousand.

died.
ἔπεσαν (epesan)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.


Additional Translations
We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Neither should we commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Neither let us commit lewdness, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand.

Nor may we be fornicators, like some of them who committed fornication and on a single day 23,000 of them fell dead.

Neither let us commit sexual immorality, as some of them committed, and in one day twenty-three thousand fell.

neither may we commit whoredom, as certain of them did commit whoredom, and there fell in one day twenty-three thousand;
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