Leviticus 17:7
KJV
And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations.
NIV
They must no longer offer any of their sacrifices to the goat idols to whom they prostitute themselves. This is to be a lasting ordinance for them and for the generations to come.’
The King James Bible says “devils.” That is the plain spiritual reality. NIV and NLT weaken it to “goat idols,” shifting the reader from living evil spirits to objects of idolatry. NASB and CSB narrow the word to “goat demons,” but the KJV gives the broader doctrinal truth: false worship is devil worship. “The things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God” (1 Corinthians 10:20).
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