Leviticus 20:4

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If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death,

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 17:2-5 : 2 Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant 3 by serving other gods and worshiping them– the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. 4 When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel, 5 you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.
  • Josh 7:12 : 12 The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you.
  • 1 Sam 3:13-14 : 13 You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them. 14 Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli,‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”
  • 1 Kgs 20:42 : 42 The prophet then said to him,“This is what the LORD has said,‘Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.’”
  • Acts 17:30 : 30 Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent,
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
  • Deut 13:8 : 8 You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 20:1-3
    3 verses
    87%

    1Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship The LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“You are to say to the Israelites,‘Any man from the Israelites or from the resident foreigners who live in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones.

    3I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name.

  • Lev 20:5-6
    2 verses
    86%

    5I myself will set my face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech.

    6Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

  • Lev 18:21
    79%

    21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD!

  • 2 Kgs 23:10
    76%

    10The king ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech.

  • Lev 20:9-11
    3 verses
    73%

    9Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions“‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

    10If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

    11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • Lev 20:13-18
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    73%

    13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

    14If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.

    15If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

    16If a woman approaches any animal to copulate with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

    17“‘If a man has marital relations with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

    18If a man goes to bed with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their people.

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20If a man goes to bed with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.

    21If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.

  • Jer 32:35
    72%

    35They built places of worship for the god Baal in the valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech. Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.’

  • Lev 17:8-9
    2 verses
    72%

    8“You are to say to them:‘Any man from the house of Israel or from the resident foreigners who live in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice

    9but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the LORD– that person will be cut off from his people.

  • Ezek 18:14
    71%

    14“But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father’s example.

  • Lev 17:4
    71%

    4but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people.

  • Exod 21:14-15
    2 verses
    71%

    14But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die.

    15“Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death.

  • Jer 19:4
    71%

    4I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children.

  • Ezek 18:10
    71%

    10“Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously

  • Lev 18:29
    71%

    29For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people.

  • Lev 24:17
    70%

    17“‘If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death.

  • Deut 13:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him.

    9Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community.

  • Deut 17:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

    5you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing– that very man or woman– and you must stone that person to death.

  • 2 Chr 28:3
    70%

    3He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the LORD drove out before the Israelites.

  • Deut 21:21
    70%

    21Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid.

  • Num 35:20
    70%

    20“But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies,

  • Ezek 20:26
    70%

    26I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices– they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire– so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the LORD.’

  • Deut 4:25
    70%

    25Threat and Blessing following Covenant Disobedience After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the LORD your God that enrage him,

  • Lev 20:27
    70%

    27Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums“‘A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.’”

  • Deut 17:2
    70%

    2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

  • Deut 19:10
    69%

    10You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty.

  • Ezek 20:4
    69%

    4“Are you willing to pronounce judgment on them? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers,

  • Num 4:20
    69%

    20But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”

  • Deut 17:7
    69%

    7The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you.

  • Ezek 20:7
    69%

    7I said to them,“Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.”

  • Lev 4:27
    69%

    27For the Common Person“‘If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the LORD’s commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty

  • Deut 19:12
    69%

    12The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die.

  • Ezek 3:20
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    20“When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

  • Exod 21:17
    69%

    17“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

  • Lev 21:16
    69%

    16Rules for the Priesthood The LORD spoke to Moses: