Leviticus 17:7

so shall they no more offer their sacrifices unto demons after whom they are unchastely going away,—a statute age-abiding, shall this be to them unto their generations.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.

In Context

6Then shall the priest dash the blood against the altar of Yahweh, at the entrance of the tent of meeting,—and shall make a perfume of the fat, as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh;

8Wherefore, unto them, shalt thou say: What man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst,—who causeth to go up an ascending-offering, or a sacrifice;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:20He that sacrificeth to the gods shall be devoted to destruction,—except [he sacrificeth] to Yahweh alone.

Exodus 32:8They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them, they have made for themselves—a molten calf, and have bowed themselves down thereto and have sacrificed thereto, and have said. These, are thy gods, O Israel, who have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Leviticus 3:17An age-abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings,—none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat.

Deuteronomy 31:16Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers,—and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me and break my covenant which I solemnised with them.

2 Chronicles 11:15and appointed for himself priests for the high places, and for the demons—and for the calves which he had made.

Jeremiah 3:1He hath said, If a man send away his wife, and she go from him and become another man’s, will he return unto her, again? would not that land be, utterly defiled? And, thou, hast been unchaste with many neighbours, and yet [thinkest] to return unto me! Declareth Yahweh.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 17:2-10

Directions Concerning Sacrifices. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, saying, 3 What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, 4 And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the Lord before the tabernacle of the… Read the whole commentary →

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