Leviticus 20:6 (LSB)

Passage

‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:4 If the people of the land, however, should ever turn a blind eye to that man when he gives any of those who are his seed to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

Leviticus 20:5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, in playing the harlot after Molech.

Leviticus 20:6 ‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

Leviticus 20:7 Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.

Leviticus 20:8 And you shall keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who makes you holy.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "person", "turns", "mediums", "spiritists", "play", "harlot", and "after". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "person", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "then I Myself will set My face..." into verse 7's "Therefore you shall set yourselves apart as...", so "Spirit" and "person" 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 "Spirit" and "person" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.