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Exodus 22:20

In 11 translations

BSB
If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
KJV
¶ He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
WEB
“He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.
ASV
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.
LSV
He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.
YLT
'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.
DBY
— He that sacrificeth to [any] god, save to Jehovah only, shall be devoted to destruction.Elohim
DRC
He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to death, save only to the Lord.
GNV
Hee that offereth vnto any gods, saue vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine.
JPS22:19
He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.
LXXE22:19
He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.

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Original-language editions

WLC22:19
זֹבֵ֥חַ לָאֱלֹהִ֖ים יָֽחֳרָ֑ם בִּלְתִּ֥י לַיהוָ֖ה לְבַדּֽוֹ׃KJV:Exod.22.20
LXX-Br22:19
Ὁ θυσιάζων θεοῖς θανάτῳ ἐξολοθρευθήσεται, πλὴν Κυρίῳ μόνῳ.

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  • Deuteronomy 17:2–5If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them…
  • Numbers 25:7–8On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand, followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the…
  • Deuteronomy 18:20But if any prophet dares to speak a message in My name that I have not commanded him to speak, or to speak in the name of other gods, that prophet must be put to death.”
  • Deuteronomy 13:1–15If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you, and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known)…
  • Numbers 25:2–4who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods. So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them. Then the LORD said to…
  • Numbers 21:3And the LORD heard Israel’s plea and delivered up the Canaanites. Israel devoted them and their cities to destruction; so they named the place Hormah.
  • Joshua 23:15–16But just as every good thing the LORD your God promised you has come to pass, likewise the LORD will bring upon you the calamity He has threatened, until He has destroyed you from this good land He has given you. If…

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  • 22:19 in some Bibles
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