Exodus 22:20
New International Version
“Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed.

New Living Translation
“Anyone who sacrifices to any god other than the LORD must be destroyed.

English Standard Version
“Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

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

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

New King James Version
“He who sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

New American Standard Bible
“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed.

NASB 1995
“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed.

NASB 1977
“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed.

Legacy Standard Bible
“And he who sacrifices to any god, other than to Yahweh alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

Amplified Bible
“He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be put under a ban (designated) for destruction (execution).

Christian Standard Bible
“Whoever sacrifices to any gods, except the LORD alone, is to be set apart for destruction.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Whoever sacrifices to any gods, except the LORD alone, is to be set apart for destruction.”

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He who will sacrifice to objects of worship, if not to LORD JEHOVAH alone, shall be destroyed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He that sacrifices to any gods but to the Lord alone, shall be destroyed by death.

Contemporary English Version
Death is the punishment for offering sacrifices to any god except me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He that sacrificeth to gods, shall be put to death, save only to the Lord.

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Whoever sacrifices to any god except the LORD must be condemned and destroyed.

Good News Translation
"Condemn to death anyone who offers sacrifices to any god except to me, the LORD.

International Standard Version
"Anyone who sacrifices to a god, except the LORD alone, is to be utterly destroyed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He that sacrificeth unto the gods, save unto the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Literal Standard Version
He who is sacrificing to a god, except to YHWH alone, is devoted.

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

New American Bible
Whoever sacrifices to any god, except to the LORD alone, shall be put under the ban.

NET Bible
"Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the LORD alone must be utterly destroyed.

New Revised Standard Version
Whoever sacrifices to any god, other than the LORD alone, shall be devoted to destruction.

New Heart English Bible
"He who sacrifices to another god, except to the LORD only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Webster's Bible Translation
He that sacrificeth to any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

World English Bible
“He who sacrifices to any god, except to Yahweh only, shall be utterly destroyed.

Young's Literal Translation
'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.

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Context
Laws of Social Responsibility
19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death. 20If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction. 21You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.…

Cross References
Exodus 32:8
How quickly they have turned aside from the way that I commanded them! They have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it. They have sacrificed to it and said, 'These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.'"

Exodus 34:15
Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.

Leviticus 17:7
They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.'

Numbers 25:2
who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

Deuteronomy 17:2
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 17:3
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven--which I have forbidden--

1 Kings 18:40
Then Elijah ordered them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape." So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.


Treasury of Scripture

He that sacrifices to any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.

sacrificeth

Numbers 21:3
And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah.

Joshua 23:15,16
Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you…

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Exodus 22
1. Of Theft
5. Of damage
7. Of trespasses
14. Of borrowing
16. Of fornication
18. Of witchcraft
19. Of bestiality
20. Of idolatry
21. Of strangers, widows, and fatherless
25. Of usury
26. Of pledges
28. Of reverence to magistrates
29. Of the first fruits
31. Of torn flesh














(20) He that sacrificeth.--Sacrifice in this place represents worship generally, being its most essential act. Elsewhere the death-penalty is affixed to any acknowledgment of false gods (Deuteronomy 13:1-16).

Shall be utterly destroyed.--Heb., Shall be devoted, i.e., devoted to destruction.

Verse 20. - Law against sacrificing to false gods. Sacrifice was the chief act of worship; and to sacrifice to a false god was to renounce the true God. Under a theocracy this was rebellion, and rightly punished with temporal death. In ordinary states it would be no civil offence, and would be left to the final judgment of the Almighty. Utterly destroyed. Literally, "devoted;" but with the meaning of "devoted to destruction."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Whoever sacrifices
זֹבֵ֥חַ (zō·ḇê·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

to any god
לָאֱלֹהִ֖ים (lā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

except
בִּלְתִּ֥י (bil·tî)
Preposition
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

the LORD
לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

alone
לְבַדּֽוֹ׃ (lə·ḇad·dōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 905: Separation, a part of the body, branch of a, tree, bar for, carrying, chief of

must be utterly destroyed.
יָֽחֳרָ֑ם (yā·ḥo·rām)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose


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