Amos 5:26
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26 You shall take up Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god, your images,[a] which you made for yourselves;
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- 5.26 Heb your images, your star god
2 Kings 23:12-13
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12 The altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz that the kings of Judah had made and the altars that Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord he pulled down from there and broke in pieces and threw the rubble into the Wadi Kidron.(A) 13 The king defiled the high places that were east of Jerusalem, to the south of the Mount of Destruction, which King Solomon of Israel had built for Astarte the abomination of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.(B)
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1 Kings 11:33
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33 This is because he has[a] forsaken me, worshiped Astarte the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and has[b] not walked in my ways, doing what is right in my sight and keeping my statutes and my ordinances, as his father David did.(A)
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Leviticus 20:2-5
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2 “Say further to the Israelites:
“Any of the Israelites or of the aliens who reside in Israel who give any of their offspring to Molech shall be put to death; the people of the land shall stone them to death.(A) 3 I myself will set my face against them and will cut them off from the people, because they have given of their offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.(B) 4 And if the people of the land should ever close their eyes to them, when they give of their offspring to Molech, and do not put them to death,(C) 5 I myself will set my face against them and against their family and will cut them off from among their people, them and all who follow them in prostituting themselves to Molech.
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Leviticus 18:21
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21 You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them[a] to Molech and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.(A)
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- 18.21 Heb to pass them over
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