21 “You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech.(A) Do not profane the name(B) of your God; I am Yahweh.

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but walked in the way of the kings of Israel.(A) He even made his son pass through the fire,[a] imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 16:3 Either a Canaanite cult practice or child sacrifice

He followed the ways of the kings of Israel(A) and even sacrificed his son(B) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(C) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.

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He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom.(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

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He sacrificed his children(A) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(B) and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

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