Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 20:2

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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Whoever, whether an Israelite or a foreigner in Israel, dedicated of his seed (children) to Moloch (see Lev 18:21), was to be put to death. The people of the land were to stone him. בּאבן רגם, lapide obruere, is synonymous with סקל, lit., lapidem jacere: this was the usual punishment appointed in the law for cases in which death was inflicted, either as the result of a judicial sentence, or by the national community. Leviticus 20:3

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