EXODUS 34:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;”
Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in the land; for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you and you will eat their sacrifices. The practical mechanism of religious contamination is social: treaties lead to shared meals, shared meals lead to shared sacrifices, shared sacrifices lead to shared worship. 1 Corinthians 8:4–13 and 10:14–22 engage exactly this dynamic in the Corinthian context — food offered to idols, shared tables, and the line between eating meat and participating in idol worship. Paul's extended treatment is the New Testament application of the principle Exodus 34:15 establishes.
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