Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"You are not to present any of your children to Molech as a sacrifice. That way, you won't defile the name of your God."
New American Standard Bible
You shall not give any of your offspring
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
“You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech.
A Conservative Version
And thou shall not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. I am LORD.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Amplified
You shall not give any of your children to offer them [by fire as a sacrifice] to Molech [the god of the Ammonites], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by honoring idols as gods]. I am the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
And from thy seed thou shalt not give to pass over to Molech, and thou shalt not profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
King James 2000
And you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
" 'And you shall not give {any of} your offspring in order to sacrifice [them] to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I [am] Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Thou shalt not give of thy seed to offer it unto Moloch, that thou defile not the name of thy God, for I am the LORD.
NET Bible
You 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!
New Heart English Bible
"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
And none of thy seed, shalt thou deliver up, to cause to pass through to Molech, - that thou profane not the name of thy God, I, am Yahweh.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I am Jehovah.
Themes
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Offering seed to molech
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Molech or milcom
Name » Not misusing the name of the lord
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Sacrifice » Not sacrificing your children
Sacrifices » Human beings offered as
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Topics
Interlinear
Nathan
Zera`
Chalal
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 18:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
Laws Of Sexual Relations
20 "You are not to have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and thereby become ceremonially unclean with her." 21 "You are not to present any of your children to Molech as a sacrifice. That way, you won't defile the name of your God." 22 "I am the LORD. You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."
Cross References
Leviticus 19:12
"You are not to use my name to deceive, thereby defiling the name of your God. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 20:2-5
"Tell the Israelis that when an Israeli or a resident alien who lives in Israel offers his child to Molech, he is certainly to be put to death. The people who live in the land are to stone him with stones.
Leviticus 21:6
They are to be holy to their God. They are not to defile the name of their God, because they're the ones who bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire the food of their God so they are to be holy.
Leviticus 22:2
"Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD.
Leviticus 22:32
"You are not to defile my sacred name, because I've been set apart in the midst of the Israelis. Furthermore, I am the LORD, who sets you apart
Deuteronomy 12:31
You must not do the same to the LORD your God, because they practiced in the presence of their gods every sort of abomination that the LORD hates. Moreover, they sacrificed their sons and daughters to their gods.
Deuteronomy 18:10
There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in fire, practices divination, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
Malachi 1:12
"But you are profaning my name by saying that the Table of the LORD is defiled and that its fruit and its food are contemptible.
1 Kings 11:7
Later, Solomon even constructed a high place on the mountain east of Jerusalem that was dedicated to Chemosh, that detestable Moabite idol, and to Molech, the detestable Ammonite idol.
1 Kings 11:33
I'm doing this because they have abandoned me and worshipped that Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They haven't lived my way by doing what I consider to be right and observing my statutes and my ordinances, like his father David did.
Acts 7:43
You even took along the tent of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, and the images you made in order to worship them. So I will take you into exile as far as Babylon.'
2 Kings 16:3
Instead, he behaved like the kings of Israel did by making his son pass through fire, the very same abomination that the heathen practiced, whom the LORD evicted from the land right in front of the Israelis.
2 Kings 21:6
He made his son into a burnt offering, practiced witchcraft, used divination, and consorted with mediums and spirit-channelers. He practiced many things that the LORD considered to be evil and provoked him.
2 Kings 23:10
He also defiled Topheth, which is located in the Ben-hinnom Valley, so that no one would force his son or daughter to pass through the fire in dedication to Molech.
Psalm 106:37-38
They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
Jeremiah 7:31
They have built high places at Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to burn their sons and daughters in the fire. I didn't command this, and it never entered my mind!
Jeremiah 19:5
They built the high places for Baal to burn their children in the fire as a burnt offering to Baal something I didn't command, didn't say, nor did it ever enter my mind!
Ezekiel 20:31
When you present your gifts and make your sons pass through the fire, you continue to defile yourselves with your idols to this day. Should I be inquired of by you, you house of Israel? As I live," declares the LORD, "I certainly won't be inquired of by you."
Ezekiel 23:37
because they've committed adultery, and blood covers their hands. They've also committed adultery with their idols, making their sons born to me to pass through the fire as an offering to them.
Ezekiel 36:20-23
Nevertheless, when they arrived in those nations, they continued to profane my holy name. It was said about them, "These are the LORD's people, even though they've left his land.'
Amos 5:26
And you carried the tent of your king and Saturn, your star god idols that you crafted for yourselves.
Romans 1:23
and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images that looked like mortal human beings, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.
Romans 2:24
As it is written, "God's name is being blasphemed among the gentiles because of you."