²¹ “You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech.^(A) Do not profane the name^(B) of your God; I am Yahweh.

³ but walked in the way of the kings of Israel.^(A) He even made his son pass through the fire,^[a] imitating the detestable practices of the nations the Lord had dispossessed before the Israelites.^(B)

⁶ He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom.^(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.^(B) He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.