Leviticus 20:6
New English Translation
Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums[a]
6 “‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits[b] to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face[c] against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.
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- Leviticus 20:6 sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.
- Leviticus 20:6 tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirits” in Lev 19:31 above.
- Leviticus 20:6 tn Heb “I will give my faces.”
Leviticus 20:6
New Living Translation
6 “I will also turn against those who commit spiritual prostitution by putting their trust in mediums or in those who consult the spirits of the dead. I will cut them off from the community.
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Leviticus 20:27
New English Translation
Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums
27 “‘A man or woman who[a] has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit[b] must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones;[c] their blood guilt is on themselves.’”
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- Leviticus 20:27 tc Smr, LXX, Syriac, and some Targum mss have the relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר (ʾasher, “who, which”), rather than the MT’s כִּי (ki, “for, because, that”).
- Leviticus 20:27 tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirit” in Lev 19:31 above.
- Leviticus 20:27 tc Smr and LXX have “you [plural] shall pelt them with stones.”tn This is not the most frequently-used Hebrew verb for stoning, but a word that refers to the action of throwing, slinging, or pelting someone with stones (see the note on v. 2 above).sn At first glance Lev 20:27 appears to be out of place but, on closer examination, one could argue that it constitutes the back side of an envelope around the case laws in 20:9-21, with Lev 20:6 forming the front of the envelope (note also that execution of mediums and spiritists by stoning in v. 27 is not explicitly stated in v. 6). This creates a chiastic structure: prohibition against mediums and spiritists (vv. 6 and 27), variations of the holiness formula (vv. 7 and 25-26), and exhortations to obey the Lord’s statutes (and judgments; vv. 8 and 22-24). Again, in the middle are the case laws (vv. 9-21).
Leviticus 20:27
New Living Translation
27 “Men and women among you who act as mediums or who consult the spirits of the dead must be put to death by stoning. They are guilty of a capital offense.”
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