And he said to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I put under the ban, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
Leviticus 20:4 - The Scriptures 2009 ‘And if the people of the land at all hide their eyes from the man, as he gives any of his offspring to Moleḵ, and they do not kill him, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from the man when he gives one of his children [as a burnt offering] to Molech [the fire god] and they overlook it or neglect to take legal action to punish him, winking at his sin, and do not kill him [as My law requires], American Standard Version (1901) And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death; Common English Bible But if the common people choose to look the other way when someone gives their children to Molech and do not execute such a person, Catholic Public Domain Version But if the people of the land, having been neglectful and holding little regard for my authority, release the man who has given from his seed to Moloch, and they are not willing to kill him, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that hath given of his seed to Moloch, and will not kill him: |
And he said to him, “Thus said יהוה, ‘Because you have let slip out of your hand a man whom I put under the ban, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
‘And I, I shall set My face against that man, and shall cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given of his offspring to Moleḵ, so as to defile My set-apart place and to profane My set-apart Name.
then I shall set My face against that man and against his clan, and shall cut him off – and all who go whoring after him, even go whoring after Moleḵ – from the midst of their people.
Truly, then, having overlooked these times of ignorance, Elohim now commands all men everywhere to repent,”
do not agree with him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pardon him, nor spare him or conceal him,
“And the sons of Yisra’ĕl shall not be able to stand before their enemies. They are going to turn their backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I am not with you any more, unless you destroy that which is under the ban from your midst.
“But I hold a few matters against you, because you have there those who adhere to the teaching of Bil‛am, who taught Balaq to put a stumbling-block before the children of Yisra’ĕl, to eat food offered to idols, and to commit whoring.