Leviticus 20:5

then I myself will set my face against that man and his clan, and I will cut him off and everyone else who prostitutes himself in order to play the harlot with Molech.

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In The King James Version

Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

In Context

4If the people of the land close their eyes to that man when he gives any of his children to Molech, if they do not put him to death,

6The person who turns to those who talk with the dead, or to those who talk with spirits so as to prostitute themselves with them, I will set my face against that person; I will cut him off from among his people.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5You must not bow down to them or worship them, for I, Yahweh your God, am a jealous God. I punish the ancestors' wickedness by bringing punishment on the descendants, to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me.

Leviticus 17:10If any person of the house of Israel, or any foreigner who lives among them consumes any blood, I will set my face against that person who consumes blood and I will cut him off from among his people.

Jeremiah 3:2Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and look! Is there any place where you have not had illicit sex? 1 By the roadsides you sat waiting for your lovers, as an Arab in the wilderness. 1 You have polluted the land with your prostitution and wickedness. 1

Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way to honor me every day so it will be good for them and their descendants after them.

Hosea 2:5For their mother has been a prostitute, 1 and she who conceived them has acted shamefully. 1 She said, “I will go after my lovers, 1 for they give me my bread and water, 1 my wool and flax, 1 my oil and drink.” 1

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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