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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 12:31

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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12:31 burn their sons and daughters: Human sacrifice was one of the most abhorrent practices of ancient pagan religions. The Ammonites believed that their god Molech required such sacrifice from his worshipers (Lev 18:21; 20:2; 2 Kgs 23:10; Jer 32:35).
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