21 And you shall not let any of your descendants (A)pass through (B)the fire to (C)Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

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33 (A)because [a]they have forsaken Me, and worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the people of Ammon, and have not walked in My ways to do what is right in My eyes and keep My statutes and My judgments, as did his father David.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:33 So with MT, Tg.; LXX, Syr., Vg. he has

33 I will do this because they have[a] forsaken me and worshiped(A) Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Molek the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked(B) in obedience to me, nor done what is right in my eyes, nor kept my decrees(C) and laws as David, Solomon’s father, did.

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  1. 1 Kings 11:33 Hebrew; Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac because he has

10 And he defiled (A)Topheth, which is in (B)the Valley of the [a]Son of Hinnom, (C)that no man might make his son or his daughter (D)pass through the fire to Molech.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:10 Kt. Sons

10 He desecrated Topheth,(A) which was in the Valley of Ben Hinnom,(B) so no one could use it to sacrifice their son(C) or daughter in the fire to Molek.

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43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (A)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’

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43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[a](A) beyond Babylon.

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  1. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)