Lev 20:2 | HCSB | STEP | “Say to the Israelites : Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death ; the people of the country are to stone him.

b Lv 18:21; Dt 18:10; 2Kg 23:10; Ac 7:43

c Lv 24:14; Nm 15:35-36; Dt 17:2-7; 21:21; Jos 7:25

Leviticus 20:2

2 “Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to ^{▼▼Molech: A Canaanite god associated with death and the underworld. The worship ritual of passing someone through the fire is connected with him. This ritual could have been either fire-walking or child sacrifice.}Molech ^b must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him. ^c