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Leviticus 20:27

25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

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.
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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!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 19:31

    Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

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  • Leviticus 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.

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  • 1 Samuel 28:7–9

    Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.

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  • Deuteronomy 18:10–12

    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,

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  • Exodus 22:18

    Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

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