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I will cut them off from the community. <a href="/esv/leviticus/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> “If a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/bsb/leviticus/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. <a href="/kjv/leviticus/20.htm">King James Bible</a> And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/nkjv/leviticus/20.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘And the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. <a href="/nasb_/leviticus/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the prostitute with them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/nasb/leviticus/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/nasb77/leviticus/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/lsb/leviticus/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/amp/leviticus/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘As for the person who turns to mediums [who consult the dead] or to spiritists, to play the prostitute after them, I shall set My face against that person and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them]. <a href="/csb/leviticus/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people. <a href="/hcsb/leviticus/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people. <a href="/asv/leviticus/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to play the harlot after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/cev/leviticus/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I will be your enemy if you go to someone who claims to speak with the dead, and I will destroy you from among my people. <a href="/erv/leviticus/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the soul that turneth unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/gwt/leviticus/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people. <a href="/gnt/leviticus/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> "If any of you go for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against you and will no longer consider you one of my people. <a href="/isv/leviticus/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> "I'll oppose and eliminate from contact with his people whoever consults mediums or familiar spirits, thereby committing spiritual prostitution with them. <a href="/msb/leviticus/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. <a href="/net/leviticus/20.htm">NET Bible</a> "'The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people. <a href="/nheb/leviticus/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "'The person that turns to spirits of the dead, and to familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/wbt/leviticus/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go astray after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/web/leviticus/20.htm">World English Bible</a> “‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/leviticus/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And the person who turns to those having familiar spirits, and to the wizards, to go whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people. <a href="/ylt/leviticus/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And the person who turneth unto those having familiar spirits, and unto the wizards, to go a-whoring after them, I have even set My face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people. <a href="/slt/leviticus/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And the soul which shall turn to necromancers and to wizards, to commit fornication after them, and I gave my face against that soul and I cut him off from the midst of his people.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/leviticus/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them, I will set my face against that soul, and destroy it out of the midst of its people. <a href="/cpdv/leviticus/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The soul who will have turned aside to astrologers and soothsayers, and who will have fornicated with them, I will set my face against him, and I will destroy him from the midst of his people. <a href="/nabre/leviticus/20.htm">New American Bible</a> Should anyone turn to ghosts and spirits and prostitute oneself with them, I will turn against that person and cut such a one off from among the people. <a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> If any turn to mediums and wizards, prostituting themselves to them, I will set my face against them, and will cut them off from the people.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the person that goes after diviners and soothsayers to go astray after them, I will pour out my anger against that person and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/hpbt/leviticus/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the soul that will go after necromancers and soothsayers and will go astray after them, I shall put my wrath in that soul and I shall destroy him from within his people.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/leviticus/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. <a href="/sep/leviticus/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the soul that shall follow those who have in them divining spirits, or enchanters, so as to go a whoring after them; I will set my face against that soul, and will destroy it from among its people. <a href="/parallel/leviticus/20-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5315" 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> …5then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech. 6<a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: wə·han·ne·p̄eš (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">Whoever</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6437.htm" title="6437: tip̄·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To turn. A primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. Appear, look, etc.">turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/178.htm" title="178: hā·’ō·ḇōṯ (Art:: N-mp) -- From the same as 'ab; properly, a mumble, i.e. A water skin; hence a necromancer.">mediums</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3049.htm" title="3049: hay·yid·də·‘ō·nîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Familiar spirit. From yada'; properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; a ghost.">or spiritists</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: liz·nō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">to prostitute himself</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">with them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will also 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/5315.htm" title="5315: ban·ne·p̄eš (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">against that person</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. "></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> 7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.…<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="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19</a> When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living? <a href="/1_samuel/28-7.htm">1 Samuel 28:7-9</a> Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied. / So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.” / But the woman replied, “Surely you know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why have you set a trap to get me killed?” <a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a> He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a> He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. <a href="/exodus/22-18.htm">Exodus 22:18</a> You must not allow a sorceress to live. <a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12</a> I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers. <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9-10</a> But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ / For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish. <a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16-18</a> One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling. / This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” / She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment. <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="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a> But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” <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="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11</a> Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a> Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / 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.” ... <a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a> Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the soul that turns after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.familiar<a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Leviticus 20:27</a> A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.<a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26,31</a> Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times… <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-14</a> There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, … go<a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Exodus 34:15,16</a> Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; … <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Numbers 15:39</a> And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:<a href="/psalms/73-27.htm">Psalm 73:27</a> For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.cut him<a href="/1_chronicles/10-13.htm">1 Chronicles 10:13,14</a> So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Face</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Familiar</a> <a href="/exodus/9-6.htm">Following</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Mediums</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Play</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Playing</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-28.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Spiritists</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Spirits</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-16.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-36.htm">Use</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm">Whoring</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Wizards</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Wonder-Workers</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/20-17.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-18.htm">Face</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Familiar</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Following</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-3.htm">Mediums</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Play</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm">Playing</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-23.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/1_samuel/28-3.htm">Spiritists</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Spirits</a> <a href="/numbers/5-12.htm">Turneth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-13.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Use</a> <a href="/numbers/15-39.htm">Whoring</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm">Wizards</a> <a href="/daniel/1-20.htm">Wonder-Workers</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'; 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This practice was common among neighboring pagan cultures, such as the Canaanites, who often relied on necromancy and divination. The prohibition underscores the importance of seeking guidance solely from God, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10-12</a>, which lists these practices among those detestable to the Lord.to prostitute himself with them The use of the term "prostitute" indicates a spiritual unfaithfulness akin to adultery. In the biblical context, Israel is often depicted as the bride of God, and turning to other sources for guidance is seen as a betrayal of that covenant relationship. This metaphor is consistent with the prophetic writings, such as in Hosea, where Israel's idolatry is likened to marital unfaithfulness.I will also set My face against that person This phrase signifies God's active opposition and judgment. In biblical terms, God setting His face against someone implies a withdrawal of His favor and protection, leading to dire consequences. This is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, where God's favor is associated with blessing and His opposition with judgment, as seen in <a href="/numbers/6-24.htm">Numbers 6:24-26</a>, where the Lord's face shining upon someone is a sign of blessing.and cut him off from his people Being "cut off" from the people of Israel was a severe punishment, often implying death or excommunication. This phrase indicates the seriousness of the offense and the need to maintain the purity and holiness of the community. It reflects the covenantal nature of Israel's relationship with God, where communal holiness was paramount, as seen in the broader context of Leviticus, which emphasizes holiness and separation from pagan practices.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/mediums_and_spiritists.htm">Mediums and Spiritists</a> Individuals who claim to communicate with the dead or spirits, often associated with occult practices. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, to whom the laws in Leviticus were given. 3. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The sovereign deity who sets forth laws and consequences for His people. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_wilderness.htm">The Wilderness</a> The setting where the Israelites received the laws from God through Moses. 5. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The prophet and leader of the Israelites who conveyed God's laws to the people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Turning to mediums and spiritists is a form of idolatry, as it places trust in something other than God. Believers must guard against anything that takes God's rightful place in their lives. <a href="/topical/g/god's_holiness_and_standards.htm">God's Holiness and Standards</a> God's command to avoid mediums underscores His holiness and the standards He sets for His people. Christians are called to live set apart, reflecting God's character. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> The warning of being "cut off" serves as a reminder of the serious consequences of disobedience. It is crucial to understand that sin separates us from God and His community. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_god_alone.htm">Seeking God Alone</a> Believers are encouraged to seek guidance and wisdom from God alone, through prayer and Scripture, rather than turning to worldly or occult practices. <a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a> There is always an opportunity for repentance and restoration. Just as the Ephesians turned from their practices, believers today can turn back to God and find forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 20</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_child_sacrifice.htm">What does the Bible say about child sacrifice?</a> <a href="/q/does_1_samuel_28_conflict_with_other_bans.htm">Does the account of an active spirit world in 1 Samuel 28:13–19 conflict with other passages that deny or forbid communicating with the dead? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_dowsing.htm">What does the Bible say about dowsing?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'cut_off'_mean.htm">What does "cut off from his people" mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits.--The same punishment will be visited upon the man who consults necromancers. For the nature of this sin, see <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm" title="Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.">Leviticus 19:31</a>, and for the execution of this sentence see <a href="/context/1_chronicles/10-13.htm" title="So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it;">1Chronicles 10:13-14</a>. The soothsayers themselves were stoned to death by the community. (See <a href="/leviticus/20-27.htm" title="A man also or woman that has a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be on them.">Leviticus 20:27</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - God will also himself cut off from among his people any that, not content with lawful and godly knowledge, turn after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them. <a href="/commentaries/leviticus/20-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Whoever וְהַנֶּ֗פֶשׁ (wə·han·ne·p̄eš) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion turns תִּפְנֶ֤ה (tip̄·neh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6437.htm">Strong's 6437: </a> To turn, to face, appear, look to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to mediums הָֽאֹבֹת֙ (hā·’ō·ḇōṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_178.htm">Strong's 178: </a> A bottle (made from animal skin), a necromancer or spiritists הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים (hay·yid·də·‘ō·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3049.htm">Strong's 3049: </a> A knowing one, a conjurer, a ghost to prostitute לִזְנ֖וֹת (liz·nō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> To commit adultery, to commit idolatry himself with them, אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם (’a·ḥă·rê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part I will also set וְנָתַתִּ֤י (wə·nā·ṯat·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - 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 person בַּנֶּ֣פֶשׁ (ban·ne·p̄eš) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion 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 מִקֶּ֥רֶב (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. עַמּֽוֹ׃ (‘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 <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/leviticus/20-6.htm">Leviticus 20:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-6.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 20:6 The person that turns to those who (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/20-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 20:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 20:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/20-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 20:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 20:7" /></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>