Leviticus 20:27
Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 19:31 : 31 Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 20:6 : 6 Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘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.
- Deut 18:10-12 : 10 There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, 11 one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer. 12 Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
- 1 Sam 28:7-9 : 7 So Saul instructed his servants,“Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him,“There is a woman who is a medium in En Dor.” 8 So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing and left, accompanied by two of his men. They came to the woman at night and said,“Use your ritual pit to conjure up for me the one I tell you.” 9 But the woman said to him,“Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed the mediums and magicians from the land! Why are you trapping me so you can put me to death?”
- Exod 22:18 : 18 “You must not allow a sorceress to live.
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- Lev 20:2-76 verses79%
2“You are to say to the Israelites,‘Any man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.
3I 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.
4If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death,
5I myself will set my face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech.
6Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘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.
7Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience“‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Deut 17:5-73 verses79%
5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.
6At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
- Deut 18:10-123 verses78%
10There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer,
11one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer.
12Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you.
- Lev 20:13-164 verses78%
13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
14If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
15If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16If a woman approaches any animal to copulate with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
- Exod 22:18-192 verses77%
18“You must not allow a sorceress to live.
19“Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.
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31Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 20:9-113 verses76%
9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.
10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.
- Lev 24:16-172 verses75%
16and one who misuses the name of the LORD must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a resident foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death.
17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.
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5As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the LORD your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within.
- Deut 13:9-113 verses74%
9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.
10You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the LORD your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.
- Num 15:35-362 verses74%
35Then the LORD said to Moses,“The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp.”
36So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the LORD commanded Moses.
- Deut 21:21-222 verses74%
21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.
22Disposition of a Criminal’s Remains If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree,
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13Anyone who would not seek the LORD God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female.
- Deut 22:21-222 verses72%
21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
22If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.
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19Darkness Turns to Light as an Ideal King Arrives They will say to you,“Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?”
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12Personal Injuries“Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death.
- Exod 21:15-173 verses71%
15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.
16“Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death.
17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.
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9But the woman said to him,“Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed the mediums and magicians from the land! Why are you trapping me so you can put me to death?”
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24you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor’s fiancée; in this way you will purge evil from among you.
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14So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people.
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12The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the LORD your God there, or to the judge– that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.
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17If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death.
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2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant
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29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.
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29Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.
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21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.
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3The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians.