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Ezekiel 16:20

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16:20 “‘You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them 1  as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough,

Ezekiel 23:37

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23:37 For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, 2  they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. 3 

1 sn The sacrifice of children was prohibited in Lev 18:21; 20:2; Deut 12:31; 18:10.

2 sn The Lord speaks here in the role of the husband of the sisters.

3 tn Heb “they have passed to them for food.” The verb is commonly taken to refer to passing children through fire, especially as an offering to the pagan god Molech. See Jer 32:35.



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