Exodus 22:20
He who sacrifices to any god, except to LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
In Context
19Whoever lays with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33And if a stranger sojourns with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong.
Numbers 25:2for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods. And the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the sojourner in giving him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 17:2If there be found in the midst of thee, within any of thy gates which LORD thy God gives thee, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8The sons of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of LORD.
Joshua 23:15And it shall come to pass, that as all the good things have come upon you of which LORD your God spoke to you, so will LORD bring upon you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which LORD your God
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →