Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Leviticus 18:21

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pass through: Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with Baal, lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a burnt offering to him (see the parallel passages). That the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers. Lev 20:2; Deu 12:31, Deu 18:10; Kg2 16:3, Kg2 21:6, Kg2 23:10; Psa 106:37, Psa 106:38; Jer 7:31; Jer 19:5; Eze 20:31, Eze 23:37 to Molech: Kg1 11:7, Kg1 11:33; Amo 5:26; Act 7:43, Moloch. profane: Lev 19:12, Lev 20:2-5, Lev 21:6, Lev 22:2, Lev 22:32; Eze 36:20-23; Mal 1:12; Rom 1:23, Rom 2:24 Leviticus 18:22

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