1st Corinthians Chapter 10 verse 18 Holy Bible
Behold Israel after the flesh: have not they that eat the sacrifices communion with the altar?
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See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?
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See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?
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Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
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Consider Israel after the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices have communion with the altar?
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See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 18. - Partakers of the altar. It is better to render it "Have they not communion with the altar?" for the word is different from that in the last verse. The meaning is that, by sharing in the sacrifices, the Jews stood in direct association with the altar, the victims, and all that they symbolized (Deuteronomy 12:27). And St. Paul implied that the same thing is true of those who sympathetically partook of idol offerings.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(18) Behold Israel after the flesh--i.e., Israel in its merely human aspect, not the spiritual Israel (Romans 2:28; Galatians 4:29; Galatians 6:16). The sacrifice was divided--a portion offered upon the altar and a portion taken and eaten (Deuteronomy 12:18; Deuteronomy 16:11): so whoever ate a portion of the same sacrifice was a partaker in common with (not "of," as in the English translation) the altar. This is another argument against partaking of the heathen feasts. You cannot do so without connection with the heathen altar. The example of Israel proves that.
