Leviticus 20:3
And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
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And I will set my face against that man,.... Express resentment, anger, wrath, and indignation at him, see Psa 34:16,
and will cut him off from among his people: that is, supposing him to have been…
Molech, literally, “the King”, called also Moloch, Milcom, and Malcham, was known in later times as “the abomination of the Ammonites” 1Ki 11:5. He appears to have been the fire-god of the eastern…
Moses is here directed to say that again to the children of Israel which he had in effect said before, Lev 20:2. We are sure it was no vain repetition, but very necessary, that they might give the…
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