And he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
Leviticus 20:4 - Revised Standard Version And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.’ ”
I myself will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given one of his children to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.
then I will set my face against that man and against his family, and will cut them off from among their people, him and all who follow him in playing the harlot after Molech.
The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all men everywhere to repent,
you shall not yield to him or listen to him, nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him, nor shall you conceal him;
Therefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, because they have become a thing for destruction. I will be with you no more, unless you destroy the devoted things from among you.
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice immorality.