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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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
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 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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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.’
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
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
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
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 11:7
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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
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 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 1:23
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23 and changed the glory of the (A)incorruptible (B)God into an image made like [a]corruptible man—and birds and four-footed animals and creeping things.
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- Romans 1:23 perishable
Amos 5:26
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26 You also carried [a]Sikkuth[b] (A)your king
And Chiun, your idols,
The star of your gods,
Which you made for yourselves.
Ezekiel 36:20-23
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20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they (A)profaned My holy name—when they said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they have gone out of His land.’ 21 But I had concern (B)for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went.
22 “Therefore say to the house of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord God: “I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, (C)but for My holy name’s sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went. 23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the Lord,” says the Lord God, “when I am (D)hallowed in you before their eyes.
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Ezekiel 23:37
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37 For they have committed adultery, and (A)blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and even sacrificed their sons (B)whom they bore to Me, passing them through the fire, to devour them.
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Ezekiel 20:31
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31 For when you offer (A)your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you defile yourselves with all your idols, even to this day. So shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live,” says the Lord God, “I will (B)not be inquired of by you.
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Jeremiah 19:5
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5 (A)(they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, (B)which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind),
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Jeremiah 7:31
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31 And they have built the (A)high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to (B)burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, (C)which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
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Psalm 106:37-38
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37 (A)They even sacrificed their sons
And their daughters to (B)demons,
38 And shed innocent blood,
The blood of their sons and daughters,
Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan;
And (C)the land was polluted with blood.
2 Kings 23:10
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10 And he defiled (A)Topheth, which is in (B)the Valley of the [a]Son of Hinnom, (C)that no man might make his son or his daughter (D)pass through the fire to Molech.
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- 2 Kings 23:10 Kt. Sons
2 Kings 21:6
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6 (A)Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced (B)soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.
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2 Kings 16:3
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3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel; indeed (A)he made his son pass through the fire, according to the (B)abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out from before the children of Israel.
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