Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

To the end

Bible References

Polluted

Ezekiel 20:31
And when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, do you pollute yourselves with all your idols to this day? And shall I be inquired of by you, house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you;
Isaiah 63:17
O LORD, why do you make us to stray from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance.
Romans 11:7
What then? That which Israel seeks for, that he did not obtain, but the chosen ones obtained it, and the rest were hardened.

In that

Ezekiel 16:20
"'Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and you have sacrificed these to them to be devoured. Was your prostitution a small matter,
Leviticus 18:21
"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
2 Kings 17:17
They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, practiced divination and sorcery, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Kings 21:6
He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and practiced divination, and consulted mediums, and spiritists: he worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Chronicles 28:3
Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:6
He also made his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums, and spiritists: he worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
Jeremiah 32:35
They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech; which I did not command them, neither did it come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.'

All that

Exodus 13:12
that you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb, and every firstborn which you have that comes from an animal. The males shall be the LORD's.
Luke 2:23
(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "Every male who opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord"),

To the end

Ezekiel 6:7
The slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know that I am the LORD.