Punishment for Child Sacrifice

Leviticus 20

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 "Say to the people of Israel, o Any one of the people of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 p I myself will set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, to make my sanctuary q unclean and r to profane my holy name. 4 And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not s put him to death, 5 then I will set my face against that man and against his clan and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in t whoring after Molech.

6 "If u a person turns to mediums and necromancers, whoring after them, v I will set my face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. 7 w Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 8 x Keep my statutes and do them; y I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 9 For z anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; a his blood is upon him.

  1. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:21
    You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:10
    If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:30
    You shall keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord.
    Ezekiel 5:11
    Therefore, as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will withdraw. My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
    Ezekiel 23:38 - 39
    Moreover, this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary on the same day and profaned my Sabbaths.
  4. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:21
    You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 17:2 - 3
    If there is found among you, within any 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, in transgressing his covenant.
    Deuteronomy 17:5
    Then you shall bring out to your gates that man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you shall stone that man or woman to death with stones.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 34:15
    Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they whore after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and you are invited, you eat of his sacrifice.
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 19:31
    Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.
  8. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:10
    If any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn among them eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people.
  9. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:44
    For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
  10. Cross References
    Leviticus 18:4
    You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
  11. Cross References
    Leviticus 21:8
    You shall sanctify him, for he offers the bread...
    Leviticus 21:15
    That he may not profane his offspring among his...
    Leviticus 21:23
    But he shall not go through the veil or approac...
    Leviticus 22:32
    And you shall not profane my holy name, that I ...
    Exodus 31:13
    You are to speak to the people of Israel and sa...
    Ezekiel 37:28
    Then the nations will know that I am the Lord w...
  12. Cross References
    Exodus 21:17
    Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 20:11 - 12
    If a man lies with his father's wife, he has un...
    Leviticus 20:13
    If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both...
    Leviticus 20:16
    If a woman approaches any animal and lies with ...
    Leviticus 20:27
    "A man or a woman who is a medium or a necroman...
    2 Samuel 1:16
    And David said to him, "Your blood be on your h...
    1 Kings 2:32 - 33
    The Lord will bring back his bloody deeds on hi...
    1 Kings 2:37
    For on the day you go out and cross the brook K...
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