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Verse Leviticus 20:6. _FAMILIAR SPIRITS_] Leviticus 19:31; and
_"_Exodus 22:18_"_....
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3. WARNINGS AGAINST SPECIAL SINS AND THEIR PENALTIES
CHAPTER 20
_ 1. Warning against Molech--worship and familiar spirits (Leviticus
20:1)_
2. Warning against cursing parents (Leviticus 20:9)
3. C...
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WORSHIP OF MOLECH, ETC. Offering children to Molech (see Leviticus
18:21 *) is to be punished by stoning; such a death emphasizes the
repudiation by the whole community and involves everyone in the ac...
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SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
FAMILIAR SPIRITS. See note on Leviticus 19:31.
WIZARDS. See note on Leviticus 19:31....
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_familiar spirits … wizards_ See on Leviticus 19:31....
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CONSORTING WITH WIZARDS AND NECROMANCERS 20:6-8
TEXT 20:6-8
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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...
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_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._...
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See Leviticus 19:31....
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(CHS. 17-26) THE LAW OF HOLINESS
This section of Leviticus occupies a position by itself, being
distinguished from the rest of the book both by style and contents. A
few only of its main characteristi...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking.
Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...
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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 Leviticus 19:31, and for
th...
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וְ הַ נֶּ֗פֶשׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּפְנֶ֤ה אֶל
־הָֽ
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PENAL SANCTIONS
Leviticus 20:1
In no age or community has it been found sufficient, to secure
obedience, that one should appeal to the conscience of men, or depend,
as a sufficient motive, upon the n...
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Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the
same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the
death sentence associated with certain forms of disobedience,...
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And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, to go a (d) whoring after them, I will even set my face
against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people....
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_Them. To have recourse to them, is to deal with the devil and commit
idolatry. See chap. xix. 31._...
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Is not that sinful and foolish custom, which some have, of consulting
fortune-tellers and the like, akin to the practice here so severely
reprobated by GOD? And did anyone but seriously consider, as h...
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We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering
of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in
His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20.
Chapter s 19, 20, carry us somewhat farther. They were to be holy, for
Jehovah was holy. Chapter 19 takes up rather the side of good, though
keepin...
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THE SOUL THAT TURNETH AFTER SUCH AS HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS,.... The man
or woman that has respect unto them, seeks after them, and inquires of
them, in order to get knowledge of things:
AND AFTER WIZA...
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_To go a whoring_ To seek counsel or help from them....
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1 Of him that giueth of his seed to Molech.
4 of him that fauoureth such an one.
6 Of going to Wizards.
7 Of sanctification.
9 Of him that curseth his parents.
10 Of adulterie. 11.14.17.19 Of Inc...
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And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and
after wizards, after men and women that consult with the spirits of
the dead and use other forms of soothsaying, Leviticus 19:31, TO...
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FOR SINS AGAINST THE SIXTH, SECOND, AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS...
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PENALTIES FOR SIN GODWARD (VV. 1-8)
Chapter 19 has given many laws forbidding sin; now chapter 20 shows
that law, when it is broken, demands certain penalties. These
penalties were to be executed as s...
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1-9 Are we shocked at the unnatural cruelty of the ancient idolaters
in sacrificing their children? We may justly be so. But are there not
very many parents, who, by bad teaching and wicked examples,...
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TO GO A WHORING AFTER THEM; to seek knowledge, or counsel, or help
from them....
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Leviticus 20:6 person H5315 turns H6437 (H8799) to H413 mediums H178
and H310 spirits H3049 prostitute H2181 ...
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CHILD SACRIFICE TO MOLECH AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE OCCULT IS FORBIDDEN
TO ALL IN THE LAND (LEVITICUS 20:2).
Leviticus 20:2
“Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever he be of
the chil...
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CONTENTS: Further laws on relationship and walk of God's people.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: God has distinguished His people from all others by a holy
covenant with them through Christ, the...
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Leviticus 20:2. _Molech._ See on Leviticus 18:21.
Leviticus 20:3. _I will cut him off._ Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and
the Lord afflicted his reign with miseries....
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_He shall surely be put to death._
PENAL SANCTIONS
This chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some
most fundamental and practical questions regarding the administration
of justice...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 20:1 Worshipers of MOLECH ought to be
stoned TO DEATH (v. Leviticus 20:2). If that is not done,
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Social and Moral Crimes
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 20:2.—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel.
These denunclations of sin (already denounced in ch. 18.) are to be
_repeated_ in the heari...
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EXPOSITION
The subject of Leviticus 18:1, is resumed in this chapter; but that
which was before considered as sin only is now regarded as crime, and
penalties are attached according to the heinousness...
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Chapter twenty, now God begins to get a little heavier. In chapter
twenty God goes over some of the things He dealt with in chapter
eighteen, only in chapter twenty telling that the violators of these...
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1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Chronicles 10:14; Deuteronomy 18:10; Exodus
34:15;...
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To go a whoring — To seek counsel or help from them....