Forgot password? Don't have an account? Sign in via your Institution. You could not be signed in, please check and try again. Sign in with your library card Please enter your library card number. Related Content Related Overviews Josiah — bc. Show Summary Details Overview Molech. Subjects: Religion. I Samuel Many nude statues of her have been uncovered by archaeologists and the Bible refers to her fertility poles, or rods, on many occasions.
Her cult must have been very popular, as it even swayed, or corrupted, the heart of wise King Solomon, for which he was criticized in I Kings Poor King Solomon also was led astray by the third of the favorite pagan gods of the land, Molech, to whom he raised an altar near Jerusalem, although the Bible tells us that God twice warned him not to and in punishment for this his heir would be deprived of 10 of the tribes of his great kingdom. I Kings Molech was a god of the Ammonite peoples.
Like Baal, his cult may have also been transported to Carthage, where he was worshiped as the god Molech until the servants of the Olympian gods pulverized ancient Carthage.
The Hebrew Bible was quite fierce in its denunciations of Molech, not simply because of the sin of idolatry but also because of the custom of the worshipers of Molech of sacrificing children to the god by fire. Jeremiah The Hebrew God reacted very strongly to this kind of worship.
The Torah on several occasions commands the death penalty for anyone worshiping him. Let his fellow citizens stone him. I God myself will turn against such a man and cut him off from the body of his people; for in giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. Font Size Font Size. Leviticus Share Print. 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.
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. 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. 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].
Do not profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. I am the Lord your God, and that would disgrace me. 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. Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord. You shall not dedicate any of your seed to Molek, thereby defiling the name of your God.
You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. Also thou shalt not give thy children to offer them unto Molech, neither shalt thou defile the Name of thy God: for I am the Lord. If you do, you are dishonoring the name of your God. 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.
Do not profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh. This will show that you do not respect your God.
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