Leviticus Chapter 20 verse 3 Holy Bible
I also will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
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And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.
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And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, so as to make my sanctuary unclean, and to profane my holy name.
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And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
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And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
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I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
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and I -- I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for of his seed he hath given to the Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to pollute My holy name.
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) And I will set my face against that man.--That is, make him feel my anger. (See Leviticus 17:10.)And will cut him off.--As the preceding verse describes the offender as having been stoned to death by the people, the declaration on the part of God that He will cut off the sinner has occasioned some difficulty. Hence some take it simply to express the same thing--that the judicial execution is God's mode of cutting off the sinner from his people. According to the administrators of the law during the second Temple, however, the legislator supposes a case where the man has been actually guilty of the crime, and that there has not been a sufficient amount of evidence to convict him. In that case God himself would interpose and cut the offender off. This is more in accordance with what follows.To defile my sanctuary.--By sinning, the Israelites contracted defilement, and they defiled the sanctuary which was in their midst. (See Leviticus 15:31; Leviticus 16:16.) These very people, moreover, when they had sacrificed their children to Molech, afterwards came to the sanctuary to worship God (Jeremiah 7:9-10; Ezekiel 23:37-39). . . . Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewAnd Iוַאֲנִ֞י (wa·’ă·nî)Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singularStrong's 589: Iwill setאֶתֵּ֤ן (’et·tên)Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, setMy faceפָּנַי֙ (pā·nay)Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularStrong's 6440: The faceagainst thatהַה֔וּא (ha·hū)Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularStrong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, aremanבָּאִ֣ישׁ (bā·’îš)Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 376: A man as an individual, a male personand cut him offוְהִכְרַתִּ֥י (wə·hiḵ·rat·tî)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularStrong's 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenantfromמִקֶּ֣רֶב (miq·qe·reḇ)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 7130: The nearest part, the centerhis people,עַמּ֑וֹ (‘am·mōw)Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flockbecauseכִּ֤י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionby givingנָתַ֣ן (nā·ṯan)Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 5414: To give, put, sethis offspringמִזַּרְעוֹ֙ (miz·zar·‘ōw)Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterityto Molech,לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ (lam·mō·leḵ)Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 4432: Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed childrenhe has defiledטַמֵּא֙ (ṭam·mê)Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructStrong's 2930: To be or become uncleanMy sanctuaryמִקְדָּשִׁ֔י (miq·dā·šî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylumand profanedוּלְחַלֵּ֖ל (ū·lə·ḥal·lêl)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructStrong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to playMy holyקָדְשִֽׁי׃ (qāḏ·šî)Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularStrong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctityname.שֵׁ֥ם (šêm)Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 8034: A nameJump to PreviousChildren Common Cut Defile Defiled Defiling Face Holy Making Molech Offspring Profane Profaning Sanctuary Seed Unclean
