Exodus 22:20
Whoever sacrifices to any god except to Yahweh must be completely destroyed.
Unlocked Literal 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 sleeps with a beast must surely be put to death.
21You must not wrong a foreigner or oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33If a foreigner lives among you in your land, you must not do him any wrong.
Numbers 25:2for the Moabites had invited the people to the sacrifices to their gods. So the people ate and bowed down to Moabite gods.
Deuteronomy 10:18He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and he shows love for the foreigner by giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 17:2If there is found among you, within any of your city gates that Yahweh your God is giving you, any man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God and transgresses his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8The descendants of the third generation that are born to them may belong to the assembly of Yahweh.
Joshua 23:15But just as every word Yahweh your God promised you has been fulfilled, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things until he has destroyed you from this good land that Yahweh your God 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 →