Leviticus 18:21

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘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.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 12:31

You must not do the same to the Lord your God, because they practise every detestable act, which the Lord hates, for their gods. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.

Leviticus 19:12

Do not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God;  I am the Lord.

Deuteronomy 18:10

No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,  , practise divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practise sorcery,

Leviticus 22:32

You must not profane my holy name; I must be treated as holy  among the Israelites. I am the Lord who sets you apart,

Acts 7:43

You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship. So I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.   ,

Malachi 1:12

‘But you are profaning it  when you say, “The Lord’s table is defiled, and its product, its food, is contemptible.”

Jeremiah 19:5

They have built high places to Baal on which to burn their children in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, something I have never commanded or mentioned; I never entertained the thought.  ,

1 Kings 11:33

For they have abandoned me; they have bowed down to Ashtoreth, the goddess of the Sidonians, to Chemosh, the god of Moab, and to Milcom, the god of the Ammonites.  They have not walked in my ways to do what is right in my sight and to carry out my statutes and my judgements as his father David did.

1 Kings 11:7

At that time, Solomon built a high place  for Chemosh,  the abhorrent idol of Moab, and for Milcom,  , the abhorrent idol of the Ammonites, on the hill opposite Jerusalem.

Leviticus 22:2

‘Tell Aaron and his sons to deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites that they have consecrated to me, so they do not profane my holy name;  I am the Lord.

Amos 5:26

But you have taken up  Sakkuth your king and Kaiwan your star god,  images you have made for yourselves.

Ezekiel 23:37

For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands; they have committed adultery with their idols. And the children they bore to me they have sacrificed in the fire  as food for the idols.

Ezekiel 20:31

When you offer your gifts, sacrificing your children in the fire,  , you still continue to defile yourselves with all your idols today. So should I let you enquire of me, house of Israel? As I live #– #this is the declaration of the Lord God  #– #I will not let you enquire of me!

Jeremiah 7:31

They have built the high places of Topheth  , in Ben Hinnom Valley  , in order to burn their sons and daughters in the fire,  a thing I did not command; I never entertained the thought.

2 Kings 23:10

He defiled Topheth,  which is in Ben Hinnom Valley,  so that no one could sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire  , to Molech.

2 Kings 21:6

He sacrificed his son in the fire,  , practised witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.  He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.

2 Kings 16:3

but walked in the ways of the kings of Israel.  He even sacrificed his son in the fire,  imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Leviticus 21:6

They are to be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God.  For they present the food offerings to the Lord, the food of their God, and they must be holy.

Romans 2:24

For, as it is written: The name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you.   ,

Romans 1:23

and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.

2 Chronicles 28:3

He burned incense in Ben Hinnom Valley  and burned his children in  , the fire, imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.

Jeremiah 32:35

They have built the high places of Baal in Ben Hinnom Valley to sacrifice their sons and daughters in the fire  to Molech   #– #something I had not commanded them. I had never entertained the thought  that they do this detestable act, causing Judah to sin!

Ezekiel 20:26

When they sacrificed every firstborn in the fire,  , I defiled them through their gifts in order to devastate them so that they would know that I am the Lord.”

Micah 6:7

Would the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousand streams of oil? Should I give my firstborn for my transgression, the offspring of my body for my own sin?

Leviticus 24:15

And tell the Israelites: If anyone curses his God, he will bear the consequences of his sin.

2 Kings 17:31

the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire  to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

Amos 2:7

They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.