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Leviticus 18:21
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"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molekh; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord .
"‘And you shall not give any of your offspring in order to sacrifice them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.
"‘You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, because this would show that you do not respect your God. I am the Lord .
You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord !
'You shall not give any of your children to offer them [by fire as a sacrifice] to Molech [the god of the Ammonites], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by honoring idols as gods]. I am the LORD.
'You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer them vnto Molech, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: for I am the Lord.
And you shall not give any of your seed to pass them over to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.
Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the Lord your God, and that would disgrace me.
"‘You are not to let any of your children be sacrificed to Molekh, thereby profaning the name of your God; I am Adonai .
And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
"You must not give any of your children through the fire to Molech. If you do this, you will show that you don't respect the name of your God. I am the Lord .
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord .
You shall not let any of your semen be cast into a strange woman to cause her to be pregnant; neither shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
Do not hand over any of your children to be used in the worship of the god Molech, because that would bring disgrace on the name of God, the Lord .
“You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
And you shall not give your seed to pass them through to Molech, nor shall you pollute the name of your God; I am Jehovah.
Thou shalt not geue of thy sede also, to be burnt vnto Moloch, lest thou vnhalowe the name of thy God, for I am the LORDE.
And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Thou shalt also not geue of thy seede to offer it vnto Moloch, neither shalt thou defile the name of thy God: I am the Lorde.
And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed passe through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou prophane the Name of thy God: I am the Lord.
And thou shalt not give of thy seed to serve a ruler; and thou shalt not profane my holy name; I am the Lord.
And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Thou schalt not yyue of thi seed, that it be offrid to the idol Moloch, nether thou schalt defoule the name of thi God; Y am the Lord.
`And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.
And you shall not give any of your seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.
You shall not give any of your seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
"Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord .
Do not give any of your children as a gift on an altar to the false god Molech. Do not put the name of your God to shame. I am the Lord.
You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord .
And none of thy seed, shalt thou deliver up, to cause to pass through to Molech, - that thou profane not the name of thy God, I, am Yahweh.
Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God. I am the Lord.
You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
"Don't give any of your children to be burned in sacrifice to the god Molech—an act of sheer blasphemy of your God. I am God .
'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
pass through: Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with Baal, lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a burnt offering to him - see the parallel passages. That the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers. Leviticus 20:2, Deuteronomy 12:31, Deuteronomy 18:10, 2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 21:6, 2 Kings 23:10, Psalms 106:37, Psalms 106:38, Jeremiah 7:31, Jeremiah 19:5, Ezekiel 20:31, Ezekiel 23:37
to Molech: 1 Kings 11:7, 1 Kings 11:33, Amos 5:26, Acts 7:43, Moloch.
profane: Leviticus 19:12, Leviticus 20:2-5, Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 22:2, Leviticus 22:32, Ezekiel 36:20-23, Malachi 1:12, Romans 1:23, Romans 2:24
Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:3 - profane 1 Kings 11:5 - Milcom 2 Kings 17:17 - they caused 2 Kings 17:31 - burnt their children 2 Chronicles 28:3 - burnt 2 Chronicles 33:6 - caused Isaiah 57:5 - slaying Jeremiah 32:35 - which Ezekiel 16:21 - to pass Ezekiel 20:26 - in that Ezekiel 39:7 - and I will
Cross-References
And YHWH comes down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men have built;
Give help, let us go down there and confuse their language, so that a man will not understand the language of his companion."
And YHWH appears to him among the oaks of Mamre, and he is sitting at the opening of the tent, about the heat of the day;
Perhaps there are fifty righteous in the midst of the city; do You also consume, and not bear with the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who [are] in its midst?
and I go down to deliver it out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to cause it to go up out of the land to a land good and broad, to a land flowing with milk and honey—to the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
And YHWH says to Moses, "Say to the sons of Israel: You [are] a stiff-necked people; [in] one moment I could come up into your midst and could have consumed you; and now, put down your ornaments from off you, and I know what I do to you";
and you have remembered all the way which your God YHWH has caused you to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you to try you, to know that which [is] in your heart, whether you keep His commands or not.
you do not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of the dream, for your God YHWH is trying you to know whether you are loving your God YHWH with all your heart and with all your soul;
"The God of gods—YHWH, the God of gods—YHWH, He is knowing, and Israel—he knows, if [we are] in rebellion, and if in trespass against YHWH, do not save us this day!
There is no darkness nor death-shade, || For workers of iniquity to be hidden there;
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech,.... The name of an image or idol, according to Aben Ezra, who observes, that their wise men interpret it as a general name for everyone whom they made to reign over them; and it is right, he says, that it is the abomination of the children of Ammon, and so the same with Milcom, 1 Kings 11:5; and with Baal, as appears from Jeremiah 32:35; and they are both of much the same signification, the one signifies a king, the other a lord; and perhaps is the same with the Melicarthus of Sanchoniatho y, who is also Hercules; to whom Pliny says z that the Phoenicians offered human sacrifices every year: of Molech,
Jeremiah 32:35- : Jeremiah 32:35- :; by "seed" is meant children and offspring; and because the word "fire" is not in the original text, some, as Aben Ezra observes, explain the phrase, "let to pass through", of their causing them to pass from the law of God to the religion of Molech, or of devoting them to his service and worship; but the word "fire" is rightly supplied, as it may be from Deuteronomy 18:10; and the same writer says, the phrase to pass through is the same as to burn; but though this they sometimes did, even burn their infants, and sacrificed them to idols, 2 Chronicles 28:3; yet this seems to be something short of that, and to be done in the manner, as Jarchi and other Jewish writers a relate; who say, the father delivered his son to the priests (of Molech) and they made two great fires, and caused the son to pass on foot between the two fires, which was a kind of a lustration, and so of a dedication of them to the idol; though it must be owned that both were done; yea, that both the phrases of passing through the fire, and of burning, are used promiscuously of the same, see 2 Kings 16:3; compared with 2 Chronicles 28:3 and also Ezekiel 16:20; and they might be both done at different times, or the one previous and in order to the other; and perhaps they might cause the child so often and so long to pass through the fire, as that at last it was burnt and destroyed:
neither shall thou profane the name of thy God; who had given them children, and to whom they ought to have devoted them, and in whose service they should have trained them up to the honour of his name; but instead of that profaned it, by the above idolatrous and cruel usages:
I [am] the Lord; who would avenge such a profanation of his name.
y Apud, Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 1. p. 38. z Nat. Hist. l. 36. c. 5. a Ben Melech in loc. Kimchii Sepher Shorash. rad. ×××.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Molech - See the note at Leviticus 20:2-5.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Leviticus 18:21. Pass through the fire to Molech — The name of this idol is mentioned for the first time in this place. As the word ××× molech or melech signifies king or governor, it is very likely that this idol represented the sun; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. There are several opinions concerning the meaning of passing through the fire to Molech.
1. Some think that the semen humanum was offered on the fire to this idol.
2. Others think that the children were actually made a burnt-offering to him.
3. But others suppose the children were not burnt, but only passed through the fire, or between two fires, by way of consecration to him.
That some were actually burnt alive to this idol several scriptures, according to the opinion of commentators, seem strongly to intimate; see among others, Psalms 106:38; Jeremiah 7:31, and Ezekiel 23:37-39. That others were only consecrated to his service by passing between two fires the rabbins strongly assert; and if Ahaz had but one son, Hezekiah, (though it is probable he had others, see 2 Chronicles 28:3), he is said to have passed through the fire to Molech, 2 Kings 16:3, yet he succeeded his father in the kingdom, 2 Kings 18:1, therefore this could only be a consecration, his idolatrous father intending thereby to initiate him early into the service of this demon. Leviticus 20:2.
