Negative Commandment #203 of 613
Do not drink wine poured in service to idols
Commandment #203 — a prohibition from Deuteronomy 32:38, classified under Idolatry in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place!”
— Deuteronomy 32:38
Hebrew
לח אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ, {ר} יִשְׁתּוּ יֵין נְסִיכָם; {ס} יָקוּמוּ, וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם-- {ר} יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם, סִתְרָה. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
38 ὧν τὸ στέαρ τῶν θυσιῶν αὐτῶν ἠσθίετε καὶ ἐπίνετε τὸν οἶνον τῶν σπονδῶν αὐτῶν; ἀναστήτωσαν καὶ βοηθησάτωσαν ὑμῖν καὶ γενηθήτωσαν ὑμῖν σκεπασταί.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Idolatry
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 32
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Vayelech
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #111
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Foods
Related Commandments in “Idolatry”
#24: Do not inquire into idolatry
Leviticus 19:4
#27: Do not worship idols in the manner they are worshiped
Exodus 20:5
#28: Do not worship idols in the four ways we worship G-d
Exodus 20:5
#29: Do not make an idol for yourself
Exodus 20:4
#30: Do not make an idol for others
Leviticus 19:4
#31: Do not make human forms even for decorative purposes
Exodus 20:23
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