Penalties for Violating the Law

20 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ² Again, you shall say to the children of Israel: Whoever from the children of Israel or from the foreigners who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molek, he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him. ³ I will set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his descendants to Molek to defile My sanctuary and to defile My holy name. ⁴ If the people of the land in any way hide their eyes from the man when he gives of his children to Molek and do not put him to death, ⁵ then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut them off from their people, both him and those who follow after him as whores after Molek.