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Leviticus 20:5

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then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

KJV

Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

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This verse in Leviticus 20

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

if the people of the land ever hide their eyes

on Leviticus 20:4-5

The law turns on the people who watch and say nothing, and "hide their eyes" describes a whole town agreeing to see nothing. God sets His face "against that man and his family", so looking away carries a sentence of its own.

This site's exposition

all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech

The sentence reaches past the man to all who follow him. Matthew Henry reasons that when the sins of leaders lead others into sin, their punishment should serve as an example.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Then I will set my face against that man,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

And, if the sins of leaders be leading sins, it is fit that their punishments should be exemplary punishments. Children's abusing their parents, by cursing them,

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְשַׂמְתִּ֨יand I will set

    vesamtiH7760 →584 times

  • אֲנִ֧יI

    ʾaniH589 →874 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • פָּנַ֛יface my

    panaiH6440 →2123 times

  • בָּאִ֥ישׁon the person

    baishH376 →1663 times

  • הַה֖וּא<the> that

    hahu'H1931 →1879 times

  • וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹand on clan his

    uvemishpachtoH4940 →303 times

  • וְהִכְרַתִּ֨יand I will cut off

    vehikhratiH3772 →288 times

  • אֹת֜וֹ<obj.> him

    ʾotoH853 →10935 times

  • וְאֵ֣ת׀and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַזֹּנִ֣יםthose [who] act as prostitutes

    hazonimH2181 →94 times

  • אַחֲרָ֗יוafter him

    ʾacharavH310 →715 times

  • לִזְנ֛וֹתby acting as prostitutes

    liznotH2181 →94 times

  • אַחֲרֵ֥יafter

    ʾachareiH310 →715 times

  • הַמֹּ֖לֶךְ<the> Molech

    hamolekhH4432 →8 times

  • מִקֶּ֥רֶבfrom among

    mikerevH7130 →227 times

  • עַמָּֽם׃people their

    ʾamamH5971 →1873 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

12 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Exodus 20:5You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,5 worksPsalms 106:39They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.4 works2 Chronicles 21:11Jehoram had also built high places on the hills of Judah; he had caused the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves and had led Judah astray.4 worksLeviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’3 worksLeviticus 17:10If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.3 worksHosea 2:5For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’3 works
The other 6 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.3 worksJeremiah 3:2“Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.3 worksHosea 2:13I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.3 worksJeremiah 2:9Therefore, I will contend with you again, declares the LORD, and I will bring a case against your children’s children.3 worksJeremiah 32:28–35Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.2 worksHosea 4:12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Exodus 20:5

    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 5:9

      You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth…

    • Numbers 14:18

      ‘The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion, forgiving iniquity and transgression. Yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished; He will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon…

    • Deuteronomy 4:24

      For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

    • Exodus 34:14

      For you must not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God.

    • Joshua 24:19

      But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

  • Through

    Leviticus 17:10

    If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 17:11

      For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement…

    • Deuteronomy 12:16

      but you must not eat the blood; pour it on the ground like water.

    • Leviticus 3:17

      This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live: You must not eat any fat or any blood.”

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 20 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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