Exodus 22:20
Whoever immolates to gods, other than to the Lord, shall be killed.
Catholic Public Domain 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 has sexual intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33If a newcomer lives in your land and abides among you, do not reproach him,
Numbers 25:2who called them to their sacrifices. And they ate, and they adored their gods.
Deuteronomy 10:18He accomplishes judgment for the orphan and the widow. He loves the sojourner, and he gives him food as well as clothing.
Deuteronomy 17:2When there will have been found among you, within one of your gates which the Lord your God will give to you, a man or a woman who is doing evil in the sight of the Lord your God, and who is transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8Those who have been born of them, in the third generation, shall enter into the church of the Lord.
Joshua 23:15Therefore, just as he has fulfilled in deed what he has promised, and all prosperous things have arrived, so will he bring upon you whatever evils were threatened, until he takes you away and scatters you from this excellent land, which he has delivered to you,
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 →