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Leviticus 18:21
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19 ‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as along as she is in her bcustomary impurity.  
20 aMoreover you shall not lie carnally with your bneighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.  
21 And you shall not let any of your descendants apass through bthe fire to cMolech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.  
22 You shall not lie with aa male as with a woman. It is an abomination.  
23 Nor shall you mate with any aanimal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.  
24 a‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; bfor by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.  
25 For athe land is defiled; therefore I bvisit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land cvomits out its inhabitants.  
26 aYou shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you  
27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),
28 lest athe land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.  
29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be1 cut off from among their people.  
30 ‘Therefore you shall keep My1 ordinance, so athat you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: bI am the Lord your God.’ ” 
Verse Comparison: Leviticus 18:21

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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® Bible
You shall not give any of your children to pass through the fire {and} sacrifice them to Molech [the fire god], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by giving it to false gods]. I am the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the LORD your God, and that would disgrace me.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
Do not hand over any of your children to be used in the worship of the god Molech, because that would bring disgrace on the name of God, the LORD.

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.

New American Standard Bible
`You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

New International Version
" 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

New King James Version
And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I proclaim Myself the LORD.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Young's 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.


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