Leviticus 20:4
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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,(A)
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Deuteronomy 17:2-5
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2 “If there is found among you, in one of your towns that the Lord your God is giving you, a man or woman who does what is evil in the sight of the Lord your God and transgresses his covenant(A) 3 by going to serve other gods and worshiping them—whether the sun or the moon or any of the host of heaven, which I have forbidden— 4 and if it is reported to you or you hear of it, and you make a thorough inquiry, and the charge is proved true that such an abhorrent thing has occurred in Israel,(B) 5 then you shall bring out to your gates that man or that woman who has committed this crime, and you shall stone the man or woman to death.
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Acts 17:30
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30 While God has overlooked the times of human ignorance, now he commands all people everywhere to repent,(A)
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1 Kings 20:42
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42 Then he said to him, “Thus says the Lord: Because you have let the man go whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall be for his life and your people for his people.”(A)
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1 Samuel 3:13-14
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13 For I have told him that I am about to punish his house forever for the iniquity that he knew, because his sons were blaspheming God,[a] and he did not restrain them.(A) 14 Therefore I swear to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli’s house shall not be expiated by sacrifice or offering forever.”(B)
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- 3.13 Gk: Heb cursing for themselves
Joshua 7:12
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12 Therefore the Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they turn their backs to their enemies because they have become a thing devoted for destruction themselves. I will be with you no more unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
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Deuteronomy 13:8
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8 you must not yield to or heed any such persons. Show them no pity or compassion, and do not shield them.
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Revelation 2:14
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14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and engage in sexual immorality.[a](A)
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- 2.14 Or prostitution
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