9187. Verses 18-20 A sorceress you shall not keep alive. Anyone lying with a beast shall surely die. He who sacrifices to the gods shall be utterly destroyed - except to Jehovah alone. 'A sorceress' means those with whom something of the Church has been joined to falsities arising from the evil of self-love. 'You shall not keep alive' means the deprivation of spiritual life. 'Anyone lying with a beast' means being joined to the evils that belong to the desires of self-love. 'Shall surely die' means damnation. 'He who sacrifices to the gods' means worship composed of falsities arising from evil. 'Shall be utterly destroyed' means being cast out. 'Except to Jehovah alone' means that the Lord, who is the one and only God, is to be worshipped.