4. They all drank the same supernatural water. They drank from the supernatural rock that went with them. That rock was Christ.
5. But God was not pleased with most of them. Their bodies were scattered all over the desert.
6. Now those things happened as examples for us. They are supposed to keep us from longing for evil things, as the people of Israel did.
7. So don't worship statues of gods, as some of them did. It is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink. Then they got up to dance wildly in front of their god." (Exodus 32:6)
8. We should not commit sexual sins, as some of them did. In one day 23,000 of them died.