Exodus 22:20
'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.
Young's Literal Translation
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 lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:33'And when a sojourner sojourneth with thee in your land, thou dost not oppress him;
Numbers 25:2and they call for the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people eat, and bow themselves to their gods,
Deuteronomy 10:18He is doing the judgment of fatherless and widow, and loving the sojourner, to give to him bread and raiment.
Deuteronomy 17:2'When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant,
Deuteronomy 23:8sons who are begotten of them, a third generation of them, doth enter into the assembly of Jehovah.
Joshua 23:15'And it hath been, as there hath come upon you all the good thing which Jehovah your God hath spoken unto you, so doth Jehovah bring upon you the whole of the evil thing, till His destroying you from off this good ground which Jehovah your God hath given to 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 →