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“Flee From Sexual Immorality!”“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”
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Reflecting on the matter, the apostle Paul wrote: “Neither let us practice sexual immorality, as some of them committed sexual immorality, only to fall, 23,000 of them in one day.”a—1 Corinthians 10:8.
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“Flee From Sexual Immorality!”“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”
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a The figure given in Numbers evidently included “the leaders” of the people executed by the judges, which may have amounted to 1,000 men, and those executed directly by Jehovah.—Numbers 25:4, 5.
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“Flee From Sexual Immorality!”“Keep Yourselves in God’s Love”
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As a result, 24,000 Israelites perished right at the border of the Promised Land. What a monumental tragedy that was!—Numbers 25:1-9.
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