Bible Strands
Leviticus 20:5
then 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks to the Israelite community through Moses, establishing judgment for those who ignore the execution of a man giving children to Molech. The words — The text uses וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֨י (ve./sam.Ti), meaning "and I will set," to describe God's active opposition, paired with וְ/הִכְרַתִּ֨י (ve./hikh.ra.Ti), meaning "and I will cut off," to denote removal from the community. The thread — The theme of divine opposition to covenant violation appears in Leviticus 20:6 regarding those who turn to mediums, while Leviticus 17:7 and Psalms 106:39 describe the people's act of prostituting themselves to foreign entities. Why it lands — The passage demands recognition that idolatry and spiritual compromise incur direct divine judgment, requiring the community to enforce separation from such practices without concealment or tolerance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
Cross-references
- Psalms 106:39 They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.
- Exodus 20:5 You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
- Leviticus 17:7 They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
- Leviticus 17:10 If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
- Jeremiah 3:2 “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
- Jeremiah 32:39 I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
- Hosea 2:5 For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
- Hosea 2:13 I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 32:28 Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.