Leviticus 20:27

_A MAN ALSO OR WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT, OR THAT IS A WIZARD, SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH: THEY SHALL STONE THEM WITH STONES: THEIR BLOOD SHALL BE UPON THEM._ Their blood shall be upon them. This phrase, which is borrowed from Genesis 9:5, is introduced at the close in enumerating the heinous crimes which were to be punished with death. The criminals, having been forewarned, would be their own murderers; the ministers of justice who condemned them to death were free from the responsibility of their death. [The Septuagint, enochi eisi, they are guilty.] Michaelis places the legal right of extirpating this class of pestilent prophets and diviners on the same ground that many governments in modern Europe have expelled the Jesuits ('Comment.,' vol. 4:, p. 75)....

10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them....

Verse Leviticus 20:27. _A FAMILIAR SPIRIT_] A spirit or demon, which, by magical rites, is supposed to be bound to appear at the call of his employer. Genesis 41:8, Genesis 41:8; _"_Exodus 7:11_"_; _"_Exodus 7:22_"_; _And see Clarke's notes "_Exodus 7:25_"_; and _"_Leviticus 19:31_"_. FROM the accou

EXPOSITION The subject of Leviticus 18:1, is resumed in this chapter; but that which was before considered as sin only is now regarded as crime, and penalties are attached according to the heinousness of the offense. For example, the sin of "giving of his seed to Molech," or which is the same thing, "letting any of his seed pass through the fire to Molech," had been forbidden as a sin in Leviticus 18:21; now it is condemned as a crime. The various penalties assigned in this chapter are (1) _burning with fire _(Leviticus 18:14); (2) _stoning with stones _...

A MAN ALSO OR A WOMAN THAT HATH A FAMILIAR SPIRIT,.... Or the spirit of Python or divination, see Leviticus 19:31; such as the damsel had in Acts 16:16; a woman is here particularly mentioned, though before included in the above law; because, as Aben Ezra says, such sort of practices were more frequently committed by women; to which Maimonides l adds another reason, because men have a natural clemency towards the female sex, and are not easily prevailed upon to put them to death; therefore the law says, "thou shall not suffer a witch to live", Exodus 22:18; OR THAT IS A WIZARD; a knowing one, who pretends to a great deal of knowledge of things; as of lost or stolen goods, and even knowledge

3. WARNINGS AGAINST SPECIAL SINS AND THEIR PENALTIES CHAPTER 20 _ 1. Warning against Molech--worship and familiar spirits (Leviticus 20:1)_ 2. Warning against cursing parents (Leviticus 20:9) 3. Criminal and vile connections (Leviticus 20:10) 4. Exhortations to obedience and separation (Leviticus 20:22) This chapter reveals the justice of God in dealing with criminals. The death penalty is most prominent. It is pronounced upon the following crimes: Molech worship; dealing with familiar spirits (spiritualism); different forms of incest and sodomy. Men advocate now the abolis

LEVITICUS 20:27. This warning against witchcraft should properly follow Leviticus 20:6 (_cf. Leviticus 19:31_)....

FAMILIAR SPIRIT. See note on Leviticus 19:31....

See on Leviticus 19:31. This supplementary precept is not identical with the earlier one. Here the subject is the person within whom the discarnate spirit is supposed to be working (lit. -when there is in them an" _ôb_or a familiar spirit"), while in Leviticus 20:6 it is the person who makes application to such for assistance....

WARNING AGAINST UNFAITHFULNESS 20:27 TEXT 20:27 27 A man also or a woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them. THOUGHT QUESTIONS 20:27 468. Isn-'t this verse out of place? Should it follow Leviticus 20:6? 469. Show a possible connection to Leviticus 20:26. PARAPHRASE 20:27 A medium or a wizardwhether man or womanshall surely be stoned to death. They have caused their own doom. COMMENT 20:27 It is suggested that the first word of Leviticus 20:27 could be but a man, etc. In this way we could see the connection of the