Leviticus 20:6

4 And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

5 then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

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.

7 Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

8 And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
“‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.
ASV
And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
DARBY
And the soul that turneth unto necromancers and unto soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
BLB
And the person who turns to the mediums and to the spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
ÅB
Når noen vender seg til dødningemanere og sannsigere og driver avgudsdyrkelse med dem, da vil jeg sette mitt åsyn mot den mann og utrydde ham av hans folk.
OTB
‘Hvis noen vender seg til medier og åndemanere for å drive hor med dem, vil jeg vende mitt ansikt mot den personen og utrydde dem fra deres folk.
B1930
Når nogen vender sig til dødningemanere og sannsigere og driver avgudsdyrkelse med dem, da vil jeg sette mitt åsyn mot den mann og utrydde ham av hans folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 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.

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  • Isaiah 8:19

    When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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  • Deuteronomy 18:10–14

    Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

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  • 1 Chronicles 10:13–14

    So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

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  • 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.’”

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  • Leviticus 19:26

    You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.

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  • Psalms 73:27

    Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

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  • Ezekiel 6:9

    Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.

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