Exodus 22:18
16 If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged in marriage and sleeps with her, he must pay the full dowry for her to be his wife.
17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
You must not allow a sorceress to live.
19 Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
20 If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You must not allow a sorceress to live.
- KJV
- Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
- WEB
- “You shall not allow a sorceress to live.
- ASV
- Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
- BLB
- A sorceress you shall not permit to live.
- ÅB
- En trollkvinne skal du ikke la leve
- OTB
- «Ikke tillat en trollkvinne å fortsette å leve.
- B1930
- En trollkvinne skal du ikke la leve
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 20:27
A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:10–11
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
Read in context1 Samuel 28:3
Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:6
Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.
Read in contextRevelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:31
You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:3
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:26
You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
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