Leviticus 18:21
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21 “You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire[a] to Molech.(A) Do not profane the name(B) of your God; I am the Lord.
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- 18:21 Lit to make any of your children pass through the fire
2 Kings 16:3
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3 but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.(A) He even sacrificed his son in the fire,[a] imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)
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- 16:3 Lit even made his son pass through the fire
2 Kings 17:17
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Jeremiah 32:35
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35 They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire[a] to Molech(A)—something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought[b] that they do this detestable act causing Judah to sin!
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Ezekiel 20:26
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26 When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire,[a](A) I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so they would know that I am the Lord.’(B)
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- 20:26 Lit they made every firstborn pass through the fire
Ezekiel 20:31
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31 When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your children in the fire,[a](A) you still continue to defile yourselves with all your idols today. So should I let you inquire of me, house of Israel? As I live—this is the declaration of the Lord God—I will not let you inquire of me!
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- 20:31 Lit gifts, making your children pass through the fire
Ezekiel 23:37
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37 For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire[a] as food for the idols.(A)
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- 23:37 Lit have made pass through the fire
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