Leviticus 20:3

20:3 I myself will set my face ¹  against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, ²  because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. ³ 

Leviticus 20:5-6

20:5 I 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, ⁴  to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech. ⁵ 

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums ⁶ 

20:6 “‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits ⁷  to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face ⁸  against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 26:17

26:17 I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

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¹ tn Heb “And I, I shall give my faces.”

² sn On the “cut off” penalty see the notes on Lev 7:20 and 17:4.

³ tn Heb “for the sake of defiling my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.”

⁴ tn The adjective “spiritual” has been supplied in the translation to clarify that this is not a reference to literal prostitution, but figuratively compares idolatry to prostitution.

⁵ tn Heb “to commit harlotry after Molech.” The translation employs “worshiping” here for clarity (cf. NAB, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On the “cut off” penalty see the note on Lev 7:20.

⁶ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

⁷ tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirits” in Lev 19:31 above.

⁸ tn Heb “I will give my faces.”