Leviticus 20:5

Verse

then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

American Standard Version (1901)

then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that play the harlot after him, to play the harlot with Molech, from among their people.

Bible in Basic English

Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.

Douay-Rheims 1899

I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their people.

Free Bible Version

I will disown them and their family, and expel them from their people—and not just them, but everyone who follows them in spiritually prostituting themselves with Molech.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then will I set my face against that man, and against his familie, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him to comit whoredome with Molech, from among their people.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

One Unity Resource Bible

then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

Translation for Translators

I myself will punish that person and his family, and I will command that he no longer be able to associate with my people. And I will do the same thing to any others who do the same thing that he did to worship Molech.

Unlocked Literal Bible

then I myself will set my face against that man and his clan, and I will cut him off and everyone else who prostitutes himself in order to play the harlot with Molech.

Noah Webster Bible

Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to commit lewdness with Molech from among their people.

World English Bible

then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

Young's Literal Translation

then I have set My face against that man, and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going a-whoring after him, even going a-whoring after the Molech, from the midst of their people.

Context

Punishments for Disobedience

⁴And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,⁵then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

Summary

Leviticus 20:5 underscores the seriousness of idolatry in the eyes of God, as He declares that He will set His face against those who turn to idols and cut them off from His people. This verse reveals God's holiness and intolerance for the worship of false gods, emphasizing the importance of wholehearted devotion to Him alone. The severe consequences outlined serve as a warning to the Israelites to remain faithful and obedient to the one true God, highlighting the significance of honoring and revering Him above all else.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Then I will set my face against that man,.... That man that sees him do the fact, and winks at it, or the judge that connives at him, and will not condemn him, as well as the man that has committed the iniquity: and against his family; either the family of the witness, who could and should have testified against him, or of the judge negligent of his office, or of the man himself, whose family must be privy to so shocking an action, and were abettors of it, and aiders and assisters in it; and so Onkelos renders it, "and his helpers": and will cut him off: the head of the family, whether judge, witness, or the criminal himself: and all that go a whoring after him: that commit the like idolatry after his example, and encouraged to it by the connivance of others at it: to commit whoredom with Molech; that is, idolatry, which is spiritual whoredom, and often so called in Scripture, and with great propriety; for since God had espoused these people to himself, and was their husband, as he was from the time of his bringing them out of Egypt, and making a covenant with them, Jer 31:32; and their sacrificing to and serving other gods being a breach of their matrimonial covenant with him, it was no other than whoredom in a spiritual sense, for which he threatens to cut them off: from among their people; by an immature death, even all that were guilty of such abominable actions, or made themselves accessory to them, by any ways conniving at them, either as judges or witnesses.