Leviticus 18:21
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21 And you shall not let any of your descendants (A)pass through (B)the fire to (C)Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 18:21
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21 “‘Do not give any of your children(A) to be sacrificed to Molek,(B) for you must not profane the name of your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)
Deuteronomy 12:31
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31 (A)You shall not worship the Lord your God in that way; for every [a]abomination to the Lord which He hates they have done to their gods; for (B)they burn even their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
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- Deuteronomy 12:31 detestable action
Deuteronomy 12:31
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31 You must not worship the Lord your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of detestable things the Lord hates.(A) They even burn their sons(B) and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods.(C)
Leviticus 20:2-5
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2 (A)“Again, you shall say to the children of Israel: (B)‘Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who [a]dwell in Israel, who gives any of his descendants to Molech, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall (C)stone him with stones. 3 (D)I will set My face against that man, and will [b]cut him off from his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molech, to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name. 4 And if the people of the land should in any way [c]hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him, 5 then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech.
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- Leviticus 20:2 As resident aliens
- Leviticus 20:3 Put him to death
- Leviticus 20:4 disregard
Leviticus 20:2-5
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2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death.(A) The members of the community are to stone him.(B) 3 I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people;(C) for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled(D) my sanctuary(E) and profaned my holy name.(F) 4 If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death,(G) 5 I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.
Leviticus 19:12
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12 And you shall not (A)swear by My name falsely, (B)nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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Leviticus 19:12
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Acts 7:43
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43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (A)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Acts 7:43
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Deuteronomy 18:10
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10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter (A)pass[a] through the fire, (B)or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,
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- Deuteronomy 18:10 Be burned as an offering to an idol
Deuteronomy 18:10
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10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(A) who practices divination(B) or sorcery,(C) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(D)
Leviticus 22:32
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32 (A)You shall not profane My holy name, but (B)I will be [a]hallowed among the children of Israel. I am the Lord who (C)sanctifies you,
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- Leviticus 22:32 treated as holy
Leviticus 22:32
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32 Do not profane my holy name,(A) for I must be acknowledged as holy by the Israelites.(B) I am the Lord, who made you holy(C)
Malachi 1:12
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12 “But you profane it,
In that you say,
(A)‘The table of the [a]Lord is defiled;
And its fruit, its food, is contemptible.’
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- Malachi 1:12 So with Bg.; MT Lord
Malachi 1:12
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12 “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table(A) is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food(B) is contemptible.’
1 Kings 11:33
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33 (A)because [a]they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David.
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- 1 Kings 11:33 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. he has
1 Kings 11:33
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33 I will do this because they have[a] forsaken me and worshiped(A) Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked(B) in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees(C) and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did.
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- 1 Kings 11:33 Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac because he has
1 Kings 11:7
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7 (A)Then Solomon built a [a]high place for (B)Chemosh the abomination of Moab, on (C)the hill that is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the people of Ammon.
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- 1 Kings 11:7 A place for pagan worship
1 Kings 11:7
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7 On a hill east(A) of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh(B) the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek(C) the detestable god of the Ammonites.
Leviticus 22:2
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2 “Speak to Aaron and his sons, that they (A)separate[a] themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they (B)do not profane My holy name by what they (C)dedicate to Me: I am the Lord.
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- Leviticus 22:2 keep themselves apart from
Leviticus 22:2
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2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings(A) the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name.(B) I am the Lord.(C)
Leviticus 21:6
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6 They shall be (A)holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and the (B)bread of their God; (C)therefore they shall be holy.
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Romans 2:24
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24 For (A)“the name of God is (B)blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you,” as it is written.
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Romans 2:24
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- Romans 2:24 Isaiah 52:5 (see Septuagint); Ezek. 36:20,22
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