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# idolaters
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"people who worship idols"
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# sat down to eat and drink
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"sat down to eat a meal"
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# play
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Paul is quoting the Jewish scriptures. His readers would have understood from this one word that the people were worshiping an idol by singing and dancing and engaging in sexual activities, not simply enjoying innocent fun. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# In one day, twenty-three thousand people died
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"God killed 23,000 people in one day"
# because of it
"because they committed those unlawful sexual acts"