Leviticus 20:3

And my face will be turned against that man, and he will be cut off from his people; because he has given his offspring to Molech, making my holy place unclean, and making my holy name common.

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In The King James Version

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

In Context

2Again, say to the children of Israel, If any man of the children of Israel, or any other man living in Israel, gives his offspring to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death: he is to be stoned by the people of the land;

4And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,

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Cross References

Leviticus 7:20But he who is unclean when he takes as food the flesh of the peace-offerings, which are the Lord's, will be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 15:31In this way may the children of Israel be made free from all sorts of unclean conditions, so that death may not overtake them when they are unclean and when they make unclean my holy place which is among them.

Leviticus 18:21And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:6Let them be holy to their God and not make the name of their God common; for the fire offerings of the Lord and the bread of their God are offered by them, and they are to be holy.

Ezekiel 5:11For this cause, by my life, says the Lord, because you have made my holy place unclean with all your hated things and all your disgusting ways, you will become disgusting to me; my eye will have no mercy and I will have no pity.

Ezekiel 23:38Further, this is what she has done to me: she has made my holy place unclean and has made my Sabbaths unclean.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:2-10

Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.… Read the whole commentary →

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