Exodus 22:18
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife.
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
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 also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 18:10–11
There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,
Read in context1 Samuel 28:3
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:6
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Read in contextRevelation 22:15
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:31
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
Read in contextIsaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
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