Leviticus 9:3

9:3 Then tell the Israelites: ‘Take a male goat ¹  for a sin offering and a calf and lamb, both a year old and flawless, ²  for a burnt offering,

Leviticus 17:9

17:9 but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it ³  to the Lord – that person will be cut off from his people. ⁴ 

Leviticus 19:31

19:31 Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits ⁵  to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:6

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.

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “a he-goat of goats.”

[9:3]  ² tn Heb “and a calf and a lamb, sons of a year, flawless”; KJV, ASV, NRSV “without blemish”; NASB, NIV “without defect”; NLT “with no physical defects.”

[17:9]  ³ tn Heb “to make it,” meaning “to make the sacrifice.”

[17:9]  ⁴ tn For remarks on the “cut off” penalty see the note on v. 4 above.

[19:31]  ⁵ sn The prohibition here concerns those who would seek special knowledge through the spirits of the dead, whether the dead in general or dead relatives in particular (i.e., familiar spirits; see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 321, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 134). Cf. Lev 20:6 below.

[20:6]  ⁷ sn For structure and coherence in Lev 20:6-27 see the note on v. 27 below.

[20:6]  ⁸ tn See the note on the phrase “familiar spirits” in Lev 19:31 above.

[20:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “I will give my faces.”