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, ¹  to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech. ² 

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums ³ 

20:6 “‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits ⁴  to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face ⁵  against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 23:30

23:30 As for any person ⁶  who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate ⁷  that person from the midst of his people! ⁸ 

[20:5]  ¹ 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.

[20:5]  ² 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.

[20:6]  ³ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

[20:6]  ⁴ tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirits” in Lev 19:31 above.

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “I will give my faces.”

[23:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “And any person.”

[23:30]  ⁶ tn See HALOT 3 s.v. I אבד hif. Cf. KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “destroy”; CEV “wipe out.”

[23:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “its people” (“its” is feminine to agree with “person,” literally “soul,” which is feminine in Hebrew; cf. v. 29).