Leviticus 20:6

I will also disown and expel from their people anyone who goes to mediums or spiritists and in this way commits spiritual prostitution with them.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5I will disown them and their family, and expel them from their people—and not just them, but everyone who follows them in spiritually prostituting themselves with Molech.

7So dedicate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:17If her father adamantly refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay the same amount as the bride-price for a virgin.

Leviticus 19:26Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.

Leviticus 20:27Anyone, man or woman, who is a medium or a spiritist must be executed. They are to be stoned to death; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.”

Deuteronomy 18:10No one is to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire, practice divination or fortune-telling, use magic or sorcery,

1 Chronicles 10:13Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord. He did not keep the Lord's commands, and he also went to consult a medium.

Isaiah 8:19When someone suggests to you, “Go and ask mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter,” shouldn't people ask their God? Why should they ask the dead on behalf of the living?

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:2-10

Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.… Read the whole commentary →

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