Then the LORDspoketo Moses,saying,
"Whoeverwill not observethe lawof your Godand the lawof the king,let judgmentbe executedupon him strictly,whetherfor deathorfor banishmentorfor confiscationof goodsor for imprisonment."
"They have builtthe highplacesof Topheth,whichis in the valleyof the sonof Hinnom,to burntheir sonsand their daughtersin the fire,whichI did not command,and it did not comeinto My mind.
"You slaughteredMy childrenand offeredthem up to idols by causing them to passthrough[the fire].
You shall thus observeallMy statutesand allMy ordinancesand dothem; I am the LORD.'"
"You shall also sayto the sonsof Israel:'Anymanfrom the sonsof Israelor from the alienssojourningin Israelwhogivesanyof his offspringto Molech,shall surelybe putto death;the peopleof the landshall stonehim with stones.
Does the LORDtakedelightin thousandsof rams,In tenthousandriversof oil?Shall I presentmy firstborn[for] my rebelliousacts,The fruitof my bodyfor the sinof my soul?
"Ifyou will fearthe LORDand serveHim, and listento His voiceand not rebelagainstthe commandof the LORD,then bothyou and alsothe kingwhoreignsoveryou will followthe LORDyour God.
