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Leviticus 20:26-27 NIV (New International Version)

You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own. “ ‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’ ”

Leviticus 20:26-27 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

You shall be holy to me, for I the LORD am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine. “A man or a woman who is a medium or a necromancer shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them.”

Leviticus 20:26-27 NLT (New Living Translation)

You must be holy because I, the LORD, am holy. I have set you apart from all other people to be my very own. “Men and women among you who act as mediums or who consult the spirits of the dead must be put to death by stoning. They are guilty of a capital offense.”

Leviticus 20:26-27 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)

You are to be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be mine.  “A man or a woman who is  a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their death is their own fault.”

Leviticus 20:26-27 KJV (King James Version)

And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

Leviticus 20:26-27 NKJV (New King James Version)

And you shall be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine. ‘A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.’ ”

Leviticus 20:24-27 MSG (The Message)

“I’ve told you, remember, that you will possess their land that I’m giving to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am GOD, your God, who has distinguished you from the nations. So live like it: Distinguish between ritually clean and unclean animals and birds. Don’t pollute yourselves with any animal or bird or crawling thing which I have marked out as unclean for you. Live holy lives before me because I, GOD, am holy. I have distinguished you from the nations to be my very own. “A man or woman who is a medium or sorcerer among you must be put to death. You must kill them by stoning. They’re responsible for their own deaths.”

Leviticus 20:26-27 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)

So you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine. ‘Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; they have brought their own deaths upon themselves.’ ”

Leviticus 20:26-27 AMP (Amplified Bible)

You are to be holy to Me; for I the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (nations) to be Mine. ‘A man or woman who is a medium [who pretends to consult the dead] or who is a spiritist shall most certainly be put to death, and be stoned with stones; their blood is on them.’ ”

Leviticus 20:26-27 NET (New English Translation)

You must be holy to me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine. “‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”