1 Corinthians 10:21

You are not able to drink from the Kos of Hashem and also from the Kos HaShedim; you are not able to partake of the shulchan of Hashem and the shulchan of shedim (demons).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord’s table, and of the table of devils.

In Context

20No, the things which they sacrifice, YIZB'CHU LASHEDIM LO ELOHIM (They sacrificed to demons which were not G-d). + 10:20 Dt 32:17; Ps 106:37 Now I do not want you to become sharers with the shedim (demons). + 10:20 Lv 17:7; Dt 32:17; Ps 106:37

22Or is it that you would move Hashem to kinah (jealousy)? + 10:22 Dt 32:21 We don't think we are stronger than He, do we? + 10:22 Dt 32:16; 1Kgs 14:22; Ps 78:58; Jer 44:8; Koh 6:10; Isa 45:9

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:37And He shall say, Where are their elohim, 1 their tzur in whom they trusted, 1

Isaiah 65:11But ye are they that forsake Hashem, 1 that forget My Har Kadosh, 1 that prepare a shulchan for Fortune, 1 and that furnish the drink offering for Destiny. 1

1 Corinthians 8:10For if anyone sees you, the one having da'as (knowledge), eating in the temple of an elil, will not the matzpun of him be strengthened so as to eat the okhel sacrificed to an elil (idol) at the mizbe'ach of avodah zarah?

2 Corinthians 6:15And what harmony does Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach have with B'liya'al? Or what chelek (allotment, inheritance) has a ma'amin with an Apikoros?

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 10:16-23

Against Countenancing Idolatry. ( a. d. 57.) 15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? 17 For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. 18 Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? 19 What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered… Read the whole commentary →

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