Leviticus 20:6

soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

familiar spirits. See note on Leviticus 19:31.

wizards. See note on Leviticus 19:31.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against tha...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Leviticus 19:31 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits. — The same punishment will be visited upon the man who consults necromancers. For th...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PENAL SANCTIONS Leviticus 20:1-27 In no age or community has it been found sufficient, to secure obedience, that one should appeal to the consc...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the death sente...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Is not that sinful and foolish custom, which some have, of consulting fortune-tellers and the like, akin to the practice here so severely reprobated...
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John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that so...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

To go a whoring To seek counsel or help from them.
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To go a whoring after them; to seek knowledge, or counsel, or help from them.
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For Sins Against the Sixth, Second, and Fourth Commandments
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, after men and women that consult with the spirits of the dead and u...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

To go a whoring — To seek counsel or help from them.

⁶ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 20:6

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 20:6