He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only. Yahweh being the sole object of religious adoration, sacrifice, which constituted a prime element in the ritual of the Israelites, was to be rendered exclusively to His Divine Majesty; and whosoever violated this fundamental principle of the true religion, which was established by covenant with that nation, should be "utterly destroyed" х yaachaaraam (H2763), shall be devoted to God-from chaaram (H2763), to consecrate, to devote a thing, so that it cannot be redeemed: hence, in the Hoph. conj., to be placed under a ban, to be put to death (cf. Leviticus 27:29)].