Leviticus 20:3 (DBY)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 20:2 Thou shalt say also to the children of Israel, Every one of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech, shall certainly be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

Leviticus 20:3 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.

Leviticus 20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, that they kill him not,

Leviticus 20:5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "face", "against", "people", "hath", "given", "seed", "molech", and "make". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "face" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "Thou shalt say also to the children..." into verse 4's "And if the people of the land...", so "face" and "against" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "face" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.