Leviticus 20:27 (DRB)

Passage

A man, or woman, in whom there is a pythonical or divining spirit, dying let them die. They shall stone them. Their blood be upon them.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:25 Therefore do you also separate the clean beast from the unclean, and the clean fowl from the unclean. Defile not your souls with beasts, or birds, or any things that move on the earth, and which I have shewn you to be unclean:

Leviticus 20:26 You shall be holy unto me, because I the Lord am holy: and I have separated you from other people, that you should be mine.

Leviticus 20:27 A man, or woman, in whom there is a pythonical or divining spirit, dying let them die. They shall stone them. Their blood be upon them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "woman", "pythonical", "divining", "dying", "shall", "stone", and "blood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "woman", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The prior verse says "You shall be holy unto me because...", giving immediate footing for "Spirit" and "woman". In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

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