Leviticus 20:4

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And 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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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:2-5 : 2 If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement, 3 By becoming a servant of other gods and worshipping them or the sun or the moon or all the stars of heaven, against my orders; 4 If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel; 5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.
  • Josh 7:12 : 12 For this reason the children of Israel have given way, turning their backs in flight before their attackers, because they are cursed: I will no longer be with you, if you do not put the cursed thing away from among you.
  • 1 Sam 3:13-14 : 13 And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them. 14 So I have made an oath to the family of Eli that no offering of meat or of meal which they may make will ever take away the sin of his family.
  • 1 Kgs 20:42 : 42 And he said to him, These are the words of the Lord: Because you have let go from your hands the man whom I had put to the curse, your life will be taken for his life, and your people for his people.
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 Those times when men had no knowledge were overlooked by God; but now he gives orders to all men in every place to undergo a change of heart:
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have some things against you, because you have with you those who keep the teaching of Balaam, by whose suggestion Balak made the children of Israel go out of the right way, taking food which was offered to false gods, and going after the desires of the flesh.
  • Deut 13:8 : 8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 20:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1 And the Lord said to Moses,

    2 Again, 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;

    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.

  • Lev 20:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5 Then my face will be turned against him and his family, and he and all those who do evil with him will be cut off from among their people.

    6 And whoever goes after those who make use of spirits and wonder-workers, doing evil with them, against him will my face be turned, and he will be cut off from among his people.

  • Lev 18:21
    79%

    21 And 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.

  • 2 Kgs 23:10
    76%

    10 And Topheth, in the valley of the sons of Hinnom, he made unclean, so that no man might make his son or his daughter go through the fire to Molech.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9 Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

    10 And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

    11 And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

  • Lev 20:13-18
    6 verses
    73%

    13 And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

    14 And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

    15 And if a man has sex relations with a beast, let him be put to death, and let the beast be put to destruction.

    16 And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.

    17 And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

    18 And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father's brother, he has put shame on his father's brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.

    21 And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

  • Jer 32:35
    72%

    35 And they put up the high places of the Baal in the valley of the son of Hinnom, making their sons and their daughters go through the fire to Molech; which I did not give them orders to do, and it never came into my mind that they would do this disgusting thing, causing Judah to be turned out of the way.

  • Lev 17:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8 And say to them, If any man of Israel, or any other living among them, makes a burned offering or other offering,

    9 And does not take it to the door of the Tent of meeting to make an offering to the Lord, that man will be cut off from among his people.

  • Ezek 18:14
    71%

    14 Now if he has a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and in fear does not do the same:

  • Lev 17:4
    71%

    4 And has not taken it to the door of the Tent of meeting, to make an offering to the Lord, before the Lord's House, its blood will be on him, for he has taken life, and he will be cut off from among his people:

  • Exod 21:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14 But if a man makes an attack on his neighbour on purpose, to put him to death by deceit, you are to take him from my altar and put him to death.

    15 Any man who gives a blow to his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death.

  • Jer 19:4
    71%

    4 Because they have given me up, and made this place a strange place, burning perfumes in it to other gods, of whom they and their fathers and the kings of Judah had no knowledge; and they have made this place full of the blood of those who have done no wrong;

  • Ezek 18:10
    71%

    10 If he has a son who is a thief, a taker of life, who does any of these things,

  • Lev 18:29
    71%

    29 For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

  • Lev 24:17
    70%

    17 And anyone who takes another's life is certainly to be put to death.

  • Deut 13:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8 Do not be guided by him or give attention to him; have no pity on him or mercy, and give him no cover;

    9 But put him to death without question; let your hand be the first stretched out against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.

  • Deut 17:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4 If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;

    5 Then you are to take the man or woman who has done the evil to the public place of your town, and they are to be stoned with stones till they are dead.

  • 2 Chr 28:3
    70%

    3 More than this, he had offerings burned in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and made his children go through fire, copying the disgusting ways of the nations whom the Lord had sent out of the land before the children of Israel.

  • Deut 21:21
    70%

    21 Then he is to be stoned to death by all the men of the town: so you are to put away the evil from among you; and all Israel, hearing of it, will be full of fear.

  • Num 35:20
    70%

    20 If in his hate he put a sword through him, or waiting secretly for him sent a spear or stone at him, causing his death;

  • Ezek 20:26
    70%

    26 I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.

  • Deut 4:25
    70%

    25 If, when you have had children and children's children, and have been living a long time in the land, you are turned to evil ways, and make an image of any sort, and do evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, moving him to wrath:

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27 Any man or woman who makes use of spirits, or who is a wonder-worker, is to be put to death: they are to be stoned with stones: their blood will be on them.

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    2 If there is any man or woman among you, in any of the towns which the Lord your God gives you, who does evil in the eyes of the Lord your God, sinning against his agreement,

  • Deut 19:10
    69%

    10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.

  • Ezek 20:4
    69%

    4 Will you be their judge, O son of man, will you be their judge? make clear to them the disgusting ways of their fathers,

  • Num 4:20
    69%

    20 But they themselves are not to go in to see the holy place, even for a minute, for fear of death.

  • Deut 17:7
    69%

    7 The hands of the witnesses will be the first to put him to death, and after them the hands of all the people. So you are to put away the evil from among you.

  • Ezek 20:7
    69%

    7 And I said to them, Let every man among you put away the disgusting things to which his eyes are turned, and do not make yourselves unclean with the images of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.

  • Lev 4:27
    69%

    27 And if any one of the common people does wrong in error, doing any of the things which the Lord has given orders are not to be done, causing sin to come on him;

  • Deut 19:12
    69%

    12 The responsible men of his town are to send and take him, and give him up to the one who has the right of punishment to be put to death.

  • Ezek 3:20
    69%

    20 Again, when an upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, and I put a cause of falling in his way, death will overtake him: because you have given him no word of his danger, death will overtake him in his evil-doing, and there will be no memory of the upright acts which he has done; but I will make you responsible for his blood.

  • Exod 21:17
    69%

    17 Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Lev 21:16
    69%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses,