Leviticus 20:6

Leviticus 20:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

Context of Leviticus 20:6

4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed to Molech, and kill him not: 5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to commit harlotry with Molech, from among their people. And the soul that turneth after such as have mediums, and after wizards, to go astray after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. 8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD who sanctifieth you.

Leviticus 20:6 word by word

וְהַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפְנֶ֤ה אֶל־הָֽאֹבֹת֙ וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים לִזְנ֖וֹת אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם וְנָתַתִּ֤י אֶת־פָּנַי֙ בַּנֶּ֣פֶשׁ הַהִ֔וא וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י אֹת֖וֹ מִקֶּ֥רֶב עַמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• turnethפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• afterאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• mediumsאוֹב'ôb · mediumH178
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• wizardsיִדְּעֹנִיyidde‛ônîy · spiritistH3049
• astrayזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Leviticus 20:6

• Leviticus 20:27A man also or a woman that hath a medium, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.
• Leviticus 19:26Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
• Deuteronomy 18:10There 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,
• Isaiah 8:19And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that are mediums, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?
• Exodus 34:15Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go astray after their gods, and sacrifice to their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
• Numbers 15:39And it shall be to you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go astray:
• Psalms 73:27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.
• Ezekiel 6:9And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their adulterous heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot with their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
• Hosea 4:12My people ask counsel at their idols, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot departing from under their God.
• 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of a medium, to enquire of it ;

Commentaries on Leviticus 20:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Familiar spirits - See the notes on Leviticus 19:31; and Exodus 22:18; (note).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-272. Whosoever ... giveth any of his seed unto Molech--(See on Le 18:21). the people of the land shall stone him with stones, &c.--Criminals who were condemned to be stoned were led, with their hands bound, without the gates to a small eminence, where was a large stone placed at the bottom. When they had approached within ten cubits of the spot, they were exhorted to confess, that, by faith and repentance, their souls might be saved. When led forward to…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 20:6

• Familiar Spirits
• Sanitation
• Sorcery
• Witchcraft

In the dictionaries

• Accomplish
• Crucifixion
• Familiar spirit
• Wizard
• Clean
• Communion With Demons; Devils
• Criticism
• Divination
• Ezekiel
• Familiar

Commentaries on Leviticus 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings