Leviticus 17:7

God's Word

The people must stop sacrificing to goat idols and chasing after them as though they were prostitutes. This is a permanent law for the people and for future generations.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 11:15

Instead, Jeroboam appointed ⌞his own⌟ priests for the illegal worship sites and the goat and calf statues he had made as idols.

Psalm 106:37

They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.

Psalm 106:39

They became filthy because of what they did. They behaved like prostitutes.

Exodus 22:19

“Whoever has sexual intercourse with an animal must be put to death.

Exodus 22:20

“Whoever sacrifices to any god except the Lord must be condemned and destroyed.

Exodus 27:21

In the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in the Lord’s presence from evening until morning. This is a permanent law among the Israelites for generations to come.”

Exodus 32:8

They’ve already turned from the way I commanded them to live. They’ve made a statue of a calf for themselves. They’ve bowed down to it and offered sacrifices to it. They’ve said, ‘Israel, here are your gods who brought you out of Egypt.’ ”

Exodus 34:15

Be careful not to make a treaty with those who live in that land. When they chase after their gods as though they were prostitutes and sacrifice to them, they may invite you to eat the meat from their sacrifices with them.

Jeremiah 3:1

A saying: If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, her first husband shouldn’t go back to her again. The land would become thoroughly polluted. “You have acted like a prostitute who has many lovers. And now you want to come back to me!” declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 23:3

They became prostitutes in Egypt when they were young. There men fondled and caressed their breasts.

Ezekiel 23:8

She continued the prostitution that she started in Egypt. When she was young, men went to bed with her, caressed her breasts, and treated her like a prostitute.

Leviticus 17:8

“Tell them: If Israelites or foreigners make burnt offerings or sacrifices

Leviticus 20:5

I will condemn them and their families. I will exclude them from the people. I will exclude from the people everyone who chases after Molech as if he were a prostitute.

Leviticus 3:17

This is a permanent law for generations to come wherever you live: Never eat any fat or blood.”

John 12:31

“This world is being judged now. The ruler of this world will be thrown out now.

John 14:30

The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he’s coming, so I won’t talk with you much longer.

1 Corinthians 10:20

Hardly! What I am saying is that these sacrifices which people make are made to demons and not to God. I don’t want you to be partners with demons.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The god of this world has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. As a result, they don’t see the light of the Good News about Christ’s glory. It is Christ who is God’s image.

Ephesians 2:2

You followed the ways of this present world and its spiritual ruler. This ruler continues to work in people who refuse to obey God.

Deuteronomy 31:16

The Lord said to Moses, “Soon you are going to lie down in death with your ancestors. When these people enter the land and are living among the foreigners there, they will chase after foreign gods as though they were prostitutes. They will abandon me and reject the promise  I made to them.

Deuteronomy 32:17

They sacrificed to demons that are not God, to gods they never heard of. These were new gods, who came from nearby, gods your ancestors never worshiped.

Revelation 9:20

The people who survived these plagues still did not turn to me and change the way they were thinking and acting. If they had, they would have stopped worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood, which cannot see, hear, or walk.