Thematic Bible: Children sacrificed to


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They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire. I did not command this. I would never think of such a thing. (It would not come from my heart.) Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions OfBalaams DonkeyFalse GodsChild sacrificeAbsence Of ThoughtShrines

He burned sacrifices in the valley of Ben Hinnom. He sacrificed his son by burning him alive. This was one of the disgusting things done by the nations that Jehovah had driven out from the land Israel possessed. Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeValleysInfanticide

He walked in ways of the kings of Israel. He even offered his son to walk through the fire. He copied the disgusting ways of the nations. Jehovah sent the people of the nations out of the land before the children of Israel. Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSacrifice, In OtSanctity Of LifePagan PracticesInfanticideThe Lord Drove Them Out

In the valley of Ben Hinnom they built worship sites for Baal to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I did not ask them to do this. It never entered my heart (mind). I did not make Judah sin.' Verse ConceptsAbominationsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHigh PlacesAbsence Of ThoughtShrinesValleys

You took your sons and daughters, who belonged to me, and you sacrificed them as food to idols. Was your prostitution not enough? You slaughtered my children and presented them as burnt offerings to idols.

For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered my sanctuary on the same day to profane it. Then they did within my house. Verse ConceptsAt The Same TimeFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters

He made his own son pass through fire. He burned him as an offering to Molech. He practiced reading the future; gave positions to those who had control of spirits and to wonder-workers. He did much evil in the eyes of Jehovah and provoked him to anger. Verse ConceptsAstrologyFireChild sacrificeMediumsProvoking GodSacrifice, In OtSorcery And MagicSpiritismSpiritsIdolatry, Wicked Practices OfPagan PracticesInfanticideHuman SacrificesFortunetellingNecromancyOccultismTime PassingSorcerypsychics

Are you inflaming yourselves with gods under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSanctity Of LifeOaksKilling Sons And Daughters

I let them defile themselves with their own offerings, and I let them sacrifice their first-born sons. This was to punish them and show them that I am Jehovah.' Verse ConceptsFirstbornChild sacrificeSacrificing The FirstbornPeople Being PollutedKilling Sons And Daughters

Josiah also made Topheth in the valley of Ben Hinnom unclean so that people would never again sacrifice their sons or daughters by burning them to the god Molech. Verse ConceptsFalse GodsChild sacrificeHuman SacrificesPolluting The Landdrums

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You offer your children as sacrifices by burning them alive. You dishonor yourselves with all your disgusting idols to this day. Should you be allowed to ask me for help, nation of Israel? As I am alive, declares the Lord Jehovah, you will not be allowed to ask me for help.' Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeSacrifice, In OtInfanticideDegradationNot Enquiring Of GodPeople Polluting ThemselvesIdol WorshipFalse Religion To This DayKilling Sons And Daughters

For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass through the fire to them as food. Verse ConceptsChild sacrificeFood For Other godsFood Offered To IdolsKilling Sons And Daughters