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for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. <a href="/nlt/leviticus/20.htm">New Living Translation</a> I myself will turn against them and cut them off from the community, because they have defiled my sanctuary and brought shame on my holy name by offering their children to Molech. <a href="/esv/leviticus/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/20.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/20.htm">New King James Version</a> I will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people because he has given some of those who are his seed to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. <a href="/amp/leviticus/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I will also set My face against that man [opposing him, withdrawing My protection from him] and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them], because he has given some of his children to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name. <a href="/csb/leviticus/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling My sanctuary and profaning My holy name. <a href="/asv/leviticus/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> I also 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. <a href="/cev/leviticus/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They have disgraced both the place where I am worshiped and my holy name, and so I will turn against them and no longer let them belong to my people. <a href="/erv/leviticus/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> I also 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. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I will condemn them and exclude them from the people. They gave one of their children to Molech, made my holy tent unclean, and dishonored my holy name. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> If any of you give one of your children to Molech and make my sacred Tent unclean and disgrace my holy name, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you my people. <a href="/isv/leviticus/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> As for me, I'll oppose that man. I'll eliminate him from contact with his people for sacrificing his children to Molech, thereby defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name. <a href="/msb/leviticus/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name. <a href="/net/leviticus/20.htm">NET Bible</a> I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his offspring to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. <a href="/web/leviticus/20.htm">World English Bible</a> I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for he has given to the Molech from his seed, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to defile My holy Name. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and I -- I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name. <a href="/slt/leviticus/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And I will give my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people; for he gave from his seed to Molech, in order to defile my holy place and to profane my holy name.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And I will set my face against him: and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And I will set my face against him. And I will cut him down from the midst of his people, because he has given from his seed to Moloch, and he has contaminated my Sanctuary, and polluted my holy name. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/20.htm">New American Bible</a> I myself will turn against and cut off that individual from among the people; for in the giving of offspring to Molech, my sanctuary was defiled and my holy name was profaned. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I myself will set my face against them, and will cut them off from the people, because they have given of their offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And I will pour out my anger against that man and will cut him off from among his people; because he has cast his semen into an alien woman to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And I shall put my anger in that man and I shall destroy him from within his people because he expelled of his seed into a foreign woman to defile my holy place and to defile the Name of my holiness.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> I also 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. <a href="/sep/leviticus/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from his people, because he has given of his seed to Moloch, to defile my sanctuary, and profane the name of them that are consecrated to me. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/20-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5283" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/leviticus/20.htm">Punishments for Disobedience</a> …2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him. 3<a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: wa·’ă·nî (Conj-w:: Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">And I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ’et·tên (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">will set</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nay (N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">My face</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">against that</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: bā·’îš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·hiḵ·rat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">and cut him off</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: miq·qe·reḇ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">his people,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">by giving</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: miz·zar·‘ōw (Prep-m:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">his offspring</a> <a href="/hebrew/4432.htm" title="4432: lam·mō·leḵ (Prep-l, Art:: N-proper-ms) -- A heathen god to whom Isr. sacrificed children. From malak; Molek, the chief deity of the Ammonites.">to Molech,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2930.htm" title="2930: ṭam·mê (V-Piel-Inf) -- To be or become unclean. A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense.">he has defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4720.htm" title="4720: miq·dā·šî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A sacred place, sanctuary. Or miqqdash; from qadash; a consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylum.">My sanctuary</a> <a href="/hebrew/2490.htm" title="2490: ū·lə·ḥal·lêl (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Piel-Inf) -- A primitive root; properly, to bore, i.e. to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane, to break, to begin; denom. to play.">and profaned</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: qāḏ·šî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">My holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šêm (N-msc) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">name.</a> 4And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a> Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, / casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. / For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you. <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">2 Kings 17:17</a> They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire and practiced divination and soothsaying. They devoted themselves to doing evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/2_kings/23-10.htm">2 Kings 23:10</a> He also desecrated Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire to Molech. <a href="/jeremiah/32-35.htm">Jeremiah 32:35</a> They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin. <a href="/ezekiel/16-20.htm">Ezekiel 16:20-21</a> You even took the sons and daughters you bore to Me and sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? / You slaughtered My children and delivered them up through the fire to idols. <a href="/ezekiel/20-31.htm">Ezekiel 20:31</a> When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your sons in the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with all your idols to this day. So should I be consulted by you, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will not be consulted by you! <a href="/ezekiel/23-37.htm">Ezekiel 23:37</a> For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. <a href="/psalms/106-37.htm">Psalm 106:37-38</a> They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons. / They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood. <a href="/isaiah/57-5.htm">Isaiah 57:5</a> who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? <a href="/micah/6-7.htm">Micah 6:7</a> Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? <a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a> No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16-18</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” / “Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.” / And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.” <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. <a href="/ephesians/5-5.htm">Ephesians 5:5-7</a> For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. / Therefore do not be partakers with them. <a href="/colossians/3-5.htm">Colossians 3:5-6</a> Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry. / Because of these, the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.I will set<a href="/leviticus/10-10.htm">Leviticus 10:10</a> And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean;<a href="/1_peter/3-12.htm">1 Peter 3:12</a> For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.to defile<a href="/numbers/19-20.htm">Numbers 19:20</a> But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.<a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11</a> Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.<a href="/ezekiel/23-38.htm">Ezekiel 23:38,39</a> Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths… profane<a href="/leviticus/18-21.htm">Leviticus 18:21</a> And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.<a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a> As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.<a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Common</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-30.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/18-28.htm">Defiling</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-32.htm">Face</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-30.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm">Molech</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-27.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-30.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/20-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-6.htm">Common</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Defile</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-1.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-8.htm">Defiling</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Face</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-52.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-4.htm">Molech</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-15.htm">Offspring</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-4.htm">Profane</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-17.htm">Profaning</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-12.htm">Sanctuary</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-4.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-21.htm">Unclean</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 20</div>1. <a href="/leviticus/20-1.htm">Of him who gives his seed to Moloch</a> 4. <a href="/leviticus/20-4.htm">Of him who favors such an one</a> 6. <a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">Of going to wizards</a> 7. <a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm">Of sanctification</a> 9. <a href="/leviticus/20-9.htm">Of him who curses his parents</a> 11. <a href="/leviticus/20-11.htm">Of incest</a> 13. <a href="/leviticus/20-13.htm">Of sodomy</a> 15. <a href="/leviticus/20-15.htm">Of bestiality</a> 18. <a href="/leviticus/20-18.htm">Of uncleanness</a> 22. <a href="/leviticus/20-22.htm">Obedience is required with holiness</a> 27. <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Wizards must be put to death</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/leviticus/20.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div>I will set My face against that man The phrase "I will set My face" is a powerful expression of divine opposition. In Hebrew, the word for "face" is "פָּנִים" (panim), which often signifies presence or attention. When God sets His face against someone, it indicates a deliberate and active stance of judgment. This is not a passive disapproval but an intentional act of divine justice. Historically, this reflects the seriousness with which God views idolatry and sin, emphasizing His holiness and the need for His people to remain pure and devoted to Him.and cut him off from among his people The term "cut him off" comes from the Hebrew "כָּרַת" (karat), meaning to sever or destroy. This phrase indicates a severe punishment, often implying death or excommunication. In the context of ancient Israel, being cut off from one's people was a fate worse than death, as it meant losing one's identity and inheritance. This underscores the gravity of the sin of idolatry, particularly in the context of child sacrifice, which was an abomination to God.because he has given some of his children to Molech "Molech" was a Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice, a practice detestable to the Lord. The Hebrew word "מֹלֶךְ" (Molech) is often linked to the root "מלך" (melek), meaning king, suggesting a false sovereignty that people wrongly submitted to. Archaeological findings have uncovered evidence of such practices in ancient Near Eastern cultures, highlighting the stark contrast between the pagan rituals and the worship of Yahweh, who values life and abhors such sacrifices.so as to defile My sanctuary The word "defile" in Hebrew is "טָמֵא" (tame), meaning to make unclean or impure. God's sanctuary, the place of His dwelling among His people, was to remain holy and undefiled. The act of sacrificing children to Molech was not only a moral atrocity but also a spiritual contamination of the sacred space where God’s presence was to be honored. This reflects the broader biblical theme of holiness and the call for God's people to be set apart from the surrounding nations.and profane My holy name To "profane" is from the Hebrew "חָלַל" (chalal), meaning to pollute or desecrate. God's "holy name" represents His character and reputation. In the ancient world, a name was more than a label; it encapsulated the essence of a person. By engaging in idolatrous practices, the Israelites were not only breaking covenant but also tarnishing the very nature of God as revealed to them. This serves as a reminder of the importance of living in a way that honors God’s name, reflecting His holiness and righteousness in all aspects of life.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) And I will set my face against that man.--That is, make him feel my anger. (See <a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm" title="And whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.">Leviticus 17:10</a>.)And will cut him off.--As the preceding verse describes the offender as having been stoned to death by the people, the declaration on the part of God that He will cut off the sinner has occasioned some difficulty. Hence some take it simply to express the same thing--that the judicial execution is God's mode of cutting off the sinner from his people. According to the administrators of the law during the second Temple, however, the legislator supposes a case where the man has been actually guilty of the crime, and that there has not been a sufficient amount of evidence to convict him. In that case God himself would interpose and cut the offender off. This is more in accordance with what follows.To defile my sanctuary.--By sinning, the Israelites contracted defilement, and they defiled the sanctuary which was in their midst. (See <a href="/leviticus/15-31.htm" title="Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them.">Leviticus 15:31</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-16.htm" title="And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remains among them in the middle of their uncleanness.">Leviticus 16:16</a>.) These very people, moreover, when they had sacrificed their children to Molech, afterwards came to the sanctuary to worship God (<a href="/context/jeremiah/7-9.htm" title="Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you know not;">Jeremiah 7:9-10</a>; <a href="/context/ezekiel/23-37.htm" title="That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them.">Ezekiel 23:37-39</a>). . . . <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/20-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And I וַאֲנִ֞י (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> I will set אֶתֵּ֤ן (’et·tên) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set My face פָּנַי֙ (pā·nay) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face against that הַה֔וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are man בָּאִ֣ישׁ (bā·’îš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> A man as an individual, a male person and cut him off וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (wə·hiḵ·rat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant from מִקֶּ֣רֶב (miq·qe·reḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> The nearest part, the center his people, עַמּ֑וֹ (‘am·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock because כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction by giving נָתַ֣ן (nā·ṯan) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set his offspring מִזַּרְעוֹ֙ (miz·zar·‘ōw) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity to Molech, לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ (lam·mō·leḵ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4432.htm">Strong's 4432: </a> Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children he has defiled טַמֵּא֙ (ṭam·mê) Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2930.htm">Strong's 2930: </a> To be or become unclean My sanctuary מִקְדָּשִׁ֔י (miq·dā·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4720.htm">Strong's 4720: </a> A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum and profaned וּלְחַלֵּ֖ל (ū·lə·ḥal·lêl) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2490.htm">Strong's 2490: </a> To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play My holy קָדְשִֽׁי׃ (qāḏ·šî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> A sacred place, thing, sanctity name. שֵׁ֥ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/20-3.htm">Leviticus 20:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-3.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 20:3 I also will set my face against (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 20:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 20:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/20-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 20:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 20:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>