Leviticus 18:21

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Related verses

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• Deuteronomy 12:31
  You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
• Deuteronomy 18:10
  Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
• Leviticus 20:2–5
  “Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.
• Leviticus 19:12
  You must not swear falsely by My name and so profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 22:32
  You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
• Acts 7:43
  You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
• Jeremiah 19:5
  They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I never commanded or mentioned, nor did it even enter My mind.
• Malachi 1:12
  “But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
• 1 Kings 11:7
  At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.
• 1 Kings 11:33
  For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
• Leviticus 22:2
  “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
• Leviticus 21:6
  They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.

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Matthew 5:27–30

People

Molech: Canaanite deity associated with child sacrifice

Glossary

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Archaeology and the Bible· Biblical Concept of Law· Deuteronomy, Book of· History of Israel· Incest· Kinsman· Leviticus, Book of· Milcom· Molech· Nations

Topics

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Abomination to God: Offering Seed to Molech· Child Sacrifice· God: Not to be Profaned· Human Sacrifice· Idolatry: Idols Mentioned in Scripture: Molech or Milcom· Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Human Sacrifices· Molech: See· Offerings: Human Sacrifices: Forbidden