Exodus 22:20
"He who sacrifices to any god, except to the Lord only, shall be utterly destroyed.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
In Context
19"Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33"'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.
Numbers 25:2for they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods; and the people ate, and bowed down to their gods.
Deuteronomy 10:18He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
Deuteronomy 17:2If there is found in the midst of you, within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you, man or woman, who does that which is evil in the sight of the Lord your God, in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8The children of the third generation who are born to them shall enter into the assembly of the Lord.
Joshua 23:15It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which the Lord your God spoke to you, so the Lord will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord 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 →