Turns to: that is, enters into contact with, consults, or relies on for the purpose of contacting the dead. New English Bible translates “wantonly resorts to….”

Mediums and wizards: see 19.31.

Playing the harlot: see verse 5 and 17.7.

Set my face against …: see verses 3, 5, and 17.10.

Cut him off …: see verse 3 and 7.20.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .