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Leviticus 20:27

25 You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

26 You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

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.’”
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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.

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BSB
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.’”
KJV
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.
WEB
“‘A man or a woman that is a medium or is a wizard shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones. Their blood shall be upon themselves.’”
ASV
A man also or a 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.
DARBY
And if there be a man or a woman in whom is a spirit of Python or of divination, they shall certainly be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood is upon them.
BLB
And a man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist, they must surely be put to death. With stones they shall stone them. Their blood [is] on them.’”
ÅB
Når det i en mann eller kvinne er en dødningemaner-ånd eller en sannsiger-ånd, da skal de late livet; de skal steines, deres blod være over dem!
OTB
‘En mann eller kvinne som er et medium eller åndemaner blant dere må dø. Dere skal steine dem; deres blod skal være over deres egne hoder.’”
B1930
Når det i en mann eller kvinne er en dødningemaner-ånd eller en sannsiger-ånd, da skal de late livet; de skal stenes, deres blod være over dem!

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