Exodus 22:20 “If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be…”

Exodus 22:20

If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

World English Bible

“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

American Standard Version

He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto Jehovah only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Geneva Bible 1599

Hee that offereth vnto any gods, saue vnto the Lord onely, shalbe slaine.

Darby Translation

— He that sacrificeth to [any] god, save to Jehovah only, shall be devoted to destruction.

Young's Literal Translation

'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

Bible in Basic English

Complete destruction will come on any man who makes offerings to any other god but the Lord.

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Cross references

“sacrificeth”

Deuteronomy 17:2–5 Deuteronomy 18:20 Deuteronomy 13:1–15 Numbers 25:2–4 Numbers 25:7 Numbers 25:8

Deuteronomy 17:2–5 · BSB

If 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

Deuteronomy 18:20 · BSB

But 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 13:1–15 · BSB

If a prophet or dreamer of dreams arises among you and proclaims a sign or wonder to you,

Numbers 25:2–4 · BSB

who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

Numbers 25:7 · BSB

On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

Numbers 25:8 · BSB

followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

“utterly”

Numbers 21:3 Joshua 23:15 Joshua 23:16

Numbers 21:3 · BSB

And 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 · BSB

But 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.

Joshua 23:16 · BSB

If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.

Read Exodus 22