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Leviticus 18:21

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“ ‘Do not give any of your childreny to be sacrificed to Molek,z for you must not profane the name of your God.a I am the Lord.b

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Cross references

  1. yDt 12:31; 18:10; 2Ki 16:3; 17:17; 21:6; 23:10; 2Ch 28:1–4; 33:6; Ps 106:37,38; Isa 57:5; Jer 7:30,31; 19:5; 32:35; Eze 16:20; Mic 6:7
  2. zLev 20:2–5; Dt 9:4; 1Ki 11:5,7,33; Isa 57:9; Jer 32:35; 49:1; Zep 1:5
  3. aLev 19:12; 21:6; Isa 48:11; Eze 22:26; 36:20; Am 2:7; Mal 1:12
  4. b Ex 6:2

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘And you shall not give any of your offspring in order to sacrifice them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh.

KJV 1900King James Version

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.