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Exodus 22:20

If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

In Context

19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:33When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him.

Numbers 25:2who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

Deuteronomy 17:2If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

Deuteronomy 23:8The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.

Joshua 23:15But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given 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 →

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