Leviticus 17:7

17:7 So they must no longer offer ¹  their sacrifices to the goat demons, ²  acting like prostitutes by going after them. ³  This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. ⁴ 

Leviticus 20:6

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums ⁵ 

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

[17:7]  ¹ tn Heb “sacrifice.” This has been translated as “offer” for stylistic reasons to avoid the redundancy of “sacrifice their sacrifices.”

[17:7]  ² tn On “goat demons” of the desert regions see the note on Lev 16:8.

[17:7]  ³ tn Heb “which they are committing harlotry after them.”

[17:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “for your generations.”

[20:6]  ⁵ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

[20:6]  ⁶ tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirits” in Lev 19:31 above.

[20:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “I will give my faces.”