Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted.
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Gill's Exposition
Now these things were our examples,.... Or "types"; that is, these punishments which were inflicted on these persons for their sins, were designed as instructions for others to avoid the like sins,…
Barnes' Notes
Now these things - The judgments inflicted on them by God for their sins. Were our examples - Greek: “types” (τύποι tupoi). Margin, “figures.” They were not designed to be types of us, but they are…
Adam Clarke
These things were our examples - The punishments which God inflicted on them furnish us with evidences of what God will inflict upon us, if we sin after the similitude of those transgressors.
We…
The apostle, having recited their privileges, proceeds here to an account of their faults and punishments, their sins and plagues, which are left upon record for an example to us, a warning against…
Cambridge Bible
Now these things were our examples Literally, types of us. In figure of us, Wiclif. The word here used is derived from τύπτω, to strike, and signifies (1) a mark, strokeof any kind, impressed or…
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