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

4But if the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and do not put him to death, 5then I will set My face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, along with all who play the prostitute after him with Molech, from among their people. “The soul that turns to mediums or to soothsayers, prostituting himself with them, I will set My face against that soul and will cut him off from among his people. 7So consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Adonai your God. 8You are to keep My statutes, and do them. I am Adonai who sanctifies 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• that turnethפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• afterאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• such as have familiar spiritsאוֹב'ôb · mediumH178
• and afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• wizardsיִדְּעֹנִיyidde‛ônîy · spiritistH3049
• to go a whoringזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• them, I will even setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• and will cut him offכָּרַתkârath · to cut: eliminateH3772
• from amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Leviticus 20:6

• Leviticus 20:27“A man or a woman who is a medium or is a soothsayer should surely be put to death. They should stone them with rocks, and their blood should be on them.’”
• Leviticus 19:26“You are not to eat any meat with the blood still in it, nor are you to use enchantments, or practice sorcery.
• Deuteronomy 18:10There must not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or a fortune-teller, soothsayer, omen reader, or sorcerer,
• Isaiah 8:19When they say to you: “Consult the mediums and necromancers who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people seek their God? Should a people consult the dead on behalf of the living?
• Exodus 34:15“See that you do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land. Otherwise when they prostitute themselves with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, someone will invite you, and you will eat from their sacrifice.
• Numbers 15:39It will be your own tzitzit—so whenever you look at them, you will remember all the mitzvot of Adonai and do them and not go spying out after your own hearts and your own eyes, prostituting yourselves.
• Psalms 73:27For behold, those far from You will perish. You put an end to all who like a harlot are unfaithful to You.
• Ezekiel 6:9The survivors will remember Me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I was crushed by their adulterous heart that has strayed from Me and their eyes which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils that they committed in all their abominations.
• Hosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idol and their divining rod informs them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have been a prostitute— out from under their God.
• 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because of his unfaithful acts that he committed against the word of Adonai, which he did not keep, and he even consulted a medium for guidance

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