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         <div class="label">21</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Arad Destroyed</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.21.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked the Israelites and captured some of them. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.21.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then Israel made this vow to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">: &#8220;If you will deliver these people into our hands, we will totally destroy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:2 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, often by totally destroying them; also in verse 3.</span></span></span><span class="content"> their cities.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.21.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> listened to Israel&#8217;s plea and gave the Canaanites over to them. They completely destroyed them and their towns; so the place was named Hormah.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:3 </span><span class="fq">Hormah </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">destruction.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Bronze Snake</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.21.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.21.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They traveled from Mount Hor along the route to the Red Sea,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the Sea of Reeds</span></span></span><span class="content"> to go around Edom. But the people grew impatient on the way; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.21.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">they spoke against God and against Moses, and said, &#8220;Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? There is no bread! There is no water! And we detest this miserable food!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.21.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.21.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> sent venomous snakes among them; they bit the people and many Israelites died. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.21.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The people came to Moses and said, &#8220;We sinned when we spoke against the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> and against you. Pray that the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will take the snakes away from us.&#8221; So Moses prayed for the people.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.21.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.21.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Make a snake and put it up on a pole; anyone who is bitten can look at it and live.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.21.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Moses made a bronze snake and put it up on a pole. Then when anyone was bitten by a snake and looked at the bronze snake, they lived.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Journey to Moab</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.21.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.21.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The Israelites moved on and camped at Oboth. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.21.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then they set out from Oboth and camped in Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that faces Moab toward the sunrise. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.21.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">From there they moved on and camped in the Zered Valley. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.21.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They set out from there and camped alongside the Arnon, which is in the wilderness extending into Amorite territory. The Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.21.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">That is why the Book of the Wars of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.21.14"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8230;Zahab</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:14 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Waheb</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Suphah and the ravines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.21.14"><span class="content">the Arnon </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.21.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">and</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">21:14,15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">&#8220;I have been given from Suphah and the ravines / of the Arnon </span><span class="fv">15 </span><span class="fqa">to</span></span></span><span class="content"> the slopes of the ravines</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.21.15"><span class="content">that lead to the settlement of Ar</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.21.15"><span class="content">and lie along the border of Moab.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.21.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.21.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">From there they continued on to Beer, the well where the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Gather the people together and I will give them water.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.21.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.21.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Then Israel sang this song:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.21.17"><span class="content">&#8220;Spring up, O well!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.21.17"><span class="content">Sing about it,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.21.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.21.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">about the well that the princes dug,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.21.18"><span class="content">that the nobles of the people sank&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.21.18"><span class="content">the nobles with scepters and staffs.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.21.18"><span class="content">Then they went from the wilderness to Mattanah, </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.21.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">from Mattanah to Nahaliel, from Nahaliel to Bamoth, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.21.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">and from Bamoth to the valley in Moab where the top of Pisgah overlooks the wasteland.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Defeat of Sihon and Og</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.21.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.21.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Israel sent messengers to say to Sihon king of the Amorites:</span></span></div><div class="pm"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.21.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.21.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Let us pass through your country. We will not turn aside into any field or vineyard, or drink water from any well. We will travel along the King&#8217;s Highway until we have passed through your territory.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.21.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.21.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But Sihon would not let Israel pass through his territory. He mustered his entire army and marched out into the wilderness against Israel. When he reached Jahaz, he fought with Israel. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.21.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Israel, however, put him to the sword and took over his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, but only as far as the Ammonites, because their border was fortified. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.21.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Israel captured all the cities of the Amorites and occupied them, including Heshbon and all its surrounding settlements. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.21.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken from him all his land as far as the Arnon.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.21.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.21.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">That is why the poets say:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.21.27"><span class="content">&#8220;Come to Heshbon and let it be rebuilt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.21.27"><span class="content">let Sihon&#8217;s city be restored.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.21.27"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.21.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.21.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;Fire went out from Heshbon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.21.28"><span class="content">a blaze from the city of Sihon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.21.28"><span class="content">It consumed Ar of Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.21.28"><span class="content">the citizens of Arnon&#8217;s heights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.21.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Woe to you, Moab!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"><span class="content">You are destroyed, people of Chemosh!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"><span class="content">He has given up his sons as fugitives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"><span class="content">and his daughters as captives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"><span class="content">to Sihon king of the Amorites.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.21.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.21.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;But we have overthrown them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.21.30"><span class="content">Heshbon&#8217;s dominion has been destroyed all the way to Dibon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.21.30"><span class="content">We have demolished them as far as Nophah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.21.30"><span class="content">which extends to Medeba.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.21.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.21.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So Israel settled in the land of the Amorites.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="NUM.21.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="NUM.21.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.21.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Then they turned and went up along the road toward Bashan, and Og king of Bashan and his whole army marched out to meet them in battle at Edrei.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="NUM.21.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.21.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said to Moses, &#8220;Do not be afraid of him, for I have delivered him into your hands, along with his whole army and his land. Do to him what you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="NUM.21.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="NUM.21.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">So they struck him down, together with his sons and his whole army, leaving them no survivors. And they took possession of his land.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">49</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 49</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 49:1-20 is numbered 49:2-21.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear this, all you peoples;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"><span class="content">listen, all who live in this world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.49.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">both low and high,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"><span class="content">rich and poor alike:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.49.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">My mouth will speak words of wisdom;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"><span class="content">the meditation of my heart will give you understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.49.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I will turn my ear to a proverb;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"><span class="content">with the harp I will expound my riddle:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.49.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Why should I fear when evil days come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"><span class="content">when wicked deceivers surround me&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.49.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">those who trust in their wealth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"><span class="content">and boast of their great riches?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.49.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">No one can redeem the life of another</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"><span class="content">or give to God a ransom for them&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.49.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">the ransom for a life is costly,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"><span class="content">no payment is ever enough&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.49.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">so that they should live on forever</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"><span class="content">and not see decay.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.49.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For all can see that the wise die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">that the foolish and the senseless also perish,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"><span class="content">leaving their wealth to others.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.49.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Their tombs will remain their houses</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">In their thoughts their houses will remain</span></span></span><span class="content"> forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">their dwellings for endless generations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"><span class="content">though they had</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">generations, / for they have</span></span></span><span class="content"> named lands after themselves.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.49.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">People, despite their wealth, do not endure;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"><span class="content">they are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.49.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">This is the fate of those who trust in themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"><span class="content">and of their followers, who approve their sayings.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">49:13 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew has </span><span class="fqa">Selah </span><span class="ft">(a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 15.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.49.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They are like sheep and are destined to die;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">death will be their shepherd</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">(but the upright will prevail over them in the morning).</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">Their forms will decay in the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"><span class="content">far from their princely mansions.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.49.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">But God will redeem me from the realm of the dead;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"><span class="content">he will surely take me to himself.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.49.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do not be overawed when others grow rich,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"><span class="content">when the splendor of their houses increases;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.49.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for they will take nothing with them when they die,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"><span class="content">their splendor will not descend with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.49.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Though while they live they count themselves blessed&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"><span class="content">and people praise you when you prosper&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.49.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">they will join those who have gone before them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"><span class="content">who will never again see the light of life.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.49.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People who have wealth but lack understanding</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.49.20"><span class="content">are like the beasts that perish.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Warnings From Israel&#8217;s History</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They all ate the same spiritual food </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them; their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.10.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written: &#8220;The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="EXO.32.6">Exodus 32:6</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did&#8212;and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We should not test Christ,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:9 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">test the Lord</span></span></span><span class="content"> as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by snakes. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And do not grumble, as some of them did&#8212;and were killed by the destroying angel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.10.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">These things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the culmination of the ages has come. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don&#8217;t fall! </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">No temptation</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek for </span><span class="fq">temptation </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fq">tempted </span><span class="ft">can also mean </span><span class="fqa">testing </span><span class="ft">and </span><span class="fqa">tested.</span></span></span><span class="content"> he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Idol Feasts and the Lord&#8217;s Supper</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.10.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I speak to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I say. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Is not the cup of thanksgiving for which we give thanks a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ? </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because there is one loaf, we, who are many, are one body, for we all share the one loaf.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.10.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar? </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.10.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Do I mean then that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.10.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God, and I do not want you to be participants with demons. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.10.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot have a part in both the Lord&#8217;s table and the table of demons. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Are we trying to arouse the Lord&#8217;s jealousy? Are we stronger than he?</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Believer&#8217;s Freedom</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.10.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.10.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;I have the right to do anything,&#8221; you say&#8212;but not everything is beneficial. &#8220;I have the right to do anything&#8221;&#8212;but not everything is constructive. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">No one should seek their own good, but the good of others.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.10.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.10.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">for, &#8220;The earth is the Lord&#8217;s, and everything in it.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">10:26 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.24.1">Psalm 24:1</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.10.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.10.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is put before you without raising questions of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.10.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">But if someone says to you, &#8220;This has been offered in sacrifice,&#8221; then do not eat it, both for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.10.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">I am referring to the other person&#8217;s conscience, not yours. For why is my freedom being judged by another&#8217;s conscience? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">If I take part in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of something I thank God for?</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.10.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.10.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="1CO.10.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="1CO.10.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.</span></span></div>
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