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HUMAN SACRIFICE

Leviticus 18:21

And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

Deuteronomy 12:31

Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire , or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.

II Kings 3:27

Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. (The king of Moab sacrificed his son)

II Kings 6:28-29

[6:28] And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. [6:29] So we boiled my son , and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. (A woman of Israel speaking to Jehoram the king)

II Kings 16:3

But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire , according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. (Ahaz, the son of Jotham, king of Judah committed child sacrifice)

II Kings 17:17

And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire , and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. (Israel & Judah)

II Kings 17:31

And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim.

II Kings 21:6

And he made his son pass through the fire , and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. (Manasseh, king of Judah)

II Kings 23:10

And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech.

II Chronicles 28:3

Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire , after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. (Ahaz king of Judah)

II Chronicles 33:6

And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. (Manasseh, king of Judah)

Psalms 106:37-38

[106:37] Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, [106:38] And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. (God's own people sacrificed their own children)

Jeremiah 7:31

And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire ; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

Jeremiah 19:5

They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:

Jeremiah 32:35

And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. (The children of Israel and the children of Judah)

Ezekiel 16:21

[16:20] Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, [16:21] That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? (The people of Jerusalem)

Ezekiel 20:26

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb , that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. (The children of Israel & Judah)

Ezekiel 20:31

[20:30] Wherefore say unto the house of Israel , Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? [20:31] For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire , ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you.

Ezekiel 23:4, 37-39

[23:4] And the names of them we re Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah , and Jerusalem Aholibah. [23:37] That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons , whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire , to devour them. [23:38] Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. [23:39] For when they had slain their children to their idols , then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.