Leviticus 20:6

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums ¹ 

20:6 “‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits ²  to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face ³  against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Leviticus 20:27

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums

20:27 “‘A man or woman who ⁴  has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit ⁵  must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; ⁶  their blood guilt is on themselves.’”

[20:6]  ¹ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

[20:6]  ² tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirits” in Lev 19:31 above.

[20:6]  ³ tn Heb “I will give my faces.”

[20:27]  ⁴ tc Smr, LXX, Syriac, and some Targum mss have the relative pronoun אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who, which”), rather than the MT’s כִּי (ki, “for, because, that”).

[20:27]  ⁵ tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirit” in Lev 19:31 above.

[20:27]  ⁶ tn This is not the most frequently-used Hebrew verb for stoning, but a word that refers to the action of throwing, slinging, or pelting someone with stones (see the note on v. 2 above). Smr and LXX have “you [plural] shall pelt them with stones.”