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Leviticus 20:5

Leviticus 20:5
Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Then I will set my face against that man,.... That man that sees him do the fact, and winks at it, or the judge that connives at him, and will not condemn him, as well as the man that has committed…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Leviticus 20:2-5

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 20:1-9

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…