Punishment for Child Sacrifice

Leviticus 20

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 a "Again, you shall say to the children of Israel: b 'Whoever of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who 1 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 2 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 3 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.

6 'And e the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people. 7 f 'Consecrate 4 yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. 8 'And you shall keep g My statutes, and perform them: h I am the LORD who 5 sanctifies you. 9 'For i everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. j His blood shall be upon him.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:2
    Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: 'I am the LORD your God.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:21
    And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
    2 Kings 23:10
    And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire to Molech.
    2 Chronicles 33:6
    Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger.
    Jeremiah 7:31
    And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into My heart.
  3. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:2 - 5
    If there is found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, a man or a woman who has been wicked in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing His covenant.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:10
    And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
  5. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:31
    Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
    1 Samuel 28:7 - 25
    Then Saul said to his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "In fact, there is a woman who is a medium at En Dor.
  6. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:2
    Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them: 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.
    Hebrews 12:14
    Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord:
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:19
    You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind. You shall not sow your field with mixed seed. Nor shall a garment of mixed linen and wool come upon you.
    Leviticus 19:37
    'Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the LORD.'"
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 31:13
    Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: 'Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
    Deuteronomy 14:2
    For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
    Ezekiel 37:28
    "The nations also will know that I, the LORD, sanctify Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forevermore." '"
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 21:17
    And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
    Deuteronomy 27:16
    'Cursed is the one who treats his father or his mother with contempt.' "And all the people shall say, 'Amen!'
    Proverbs 20:20
    Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
    Matthew 15:4
    "For God commanded, saying, 'Honor your father and your mother' ; and, 'He who curses father or mother, let him be put to death.'
  10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:16
    So David said to him, "Your blood is on your own head, for your own mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD's anointed.'
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