KJV King James Version
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.
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Leviticus 20:27
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”
WEB World English Bible
“‘A man or a woman that is a medium, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.’”
ASV American Standard Version
A man also or a 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a man or woman—when there is in them a familiar spirit, or who are wizards—are certainly put to death; with stones they stone them; their blood is on them.’
Surrounding context — Leviticus 20
24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you from [other] people.
25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD [am] holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine.
27 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanאֽוֹ־H176 · oorאִשָּׁ֗הH802 · ish.shahwomanכִּֽי־H3588 · kiforיִהְיֶ֨הH1961 · ha.yahto beבָהֶ֥םH9038 · hemthemא֛וֹבH178 · ovmediumא֥וֹH176 · oorיִדְּעֹנִ֖יH3049 · yid.d.o.nispiritistמ֣וֹתH4191 · mutto dieיוּמָ֑תוּH4191 · mutto dieבָּאֶ֛בֶןH68 · e.venstoneיִרְגְּמ֥וּH7275 · ra.gamto stoneאֹתָ֖םH853 · et[Obj.]דְּמֵיהֶ֥םH1818 · dambloodבָּֽם׃ פH9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Leviticus 19:31Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.Leviticus 20:6And 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.1 Samuel 28:7-9Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor.Exodus 22:18Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.Deuteronomy 18:10-12There 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,
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