20:26
We get another repeat of the rationale of all God’s instructions and dealings with Israel. The Lord has set them apart. We are defined by how God created us, we find our true identity in who God has created us to be. So we are to be holy to the Lord. See how this is God-centred, whereas all the present talk of identity we find today is self-centred. Being God-centred works, being self-centred only brings destruction.
20:27
The chapter starts with a prohibition on consulting spiritists or mediums, and it ends with the death penalty for anyone practising these things. Many of the surrounding nations did practice consulting the spirits of the dead. Clearly consulting the dead was a very serious matter, and one that God’s people should play no part in. The power of life and death rests with the Lord, and when someone dies they no longer have any part in this world.
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