Exodus 22:20
Anyone who sacrifices to any other god than the Lord must be set apart and executed.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
In Context
19Anyone who has sex with an animal must be executed.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33Don't mistreat foreigners who live in your country.
Numbers 25:2who invited them to the sacrifices made to their gods. The Israelites ate the pagan meals and bowed down before these gods.
Deuteronomy 10:18He makes sure that orphans and widows receive justice, and he loves the foreigners, providing them with food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 17:2There may be a report that one of you, whether a man or a woman, living in a town that the Lord your God gave you, has been found to be sinning in the sight of the Lord your God by breaking the Lord's agreement.
Deuteronomy 23:8The third generation of their children are allowed to enter the Lord's sanctuary.
Joshua 23:15But in the same way that you received all the good things that the Lord your God promised, the Lord will bring on you all the bad things he has threatened until you're completely wiped out from this good land the Lord your God has given 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 →