Leviticus 18:21

21 You shall not give any of your children to 1offer them[a] to 2Molech, and so 3profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Leviticus 18:21 In-Context

19 "You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
20 And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her.
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.
22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
23 And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is perversion.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Leviticus 20:2-5; Deuteronomy 18:10
  • 2. [1 Kings 11:7, 33; Acts 7:43]
  • 3. Leviticus 19:12; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 21:6; Leviticus 22:2, 32; Ezekiel 36:20, 22; Malachi 1:12

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew to make them pass through [the fire]
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