Leviticus 20:4

Verse 4 of 27. The 20th of 27 chapters in Leviticus, in The Law.

1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

4And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

5Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.

6And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.

8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you.

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If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death,
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Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:4

If his neighbours concealed him, and would not come in as witnesses against him,—if the magistrates connived at him, and would not pass sentence upon him, rather pitying his folly than hating his impiety,—God himself would reckon with them, v. 4, 5. Misprision of idolatry is a crime cognizable in the court of heaven, and which shall not go unpunished: I will set my face against that man (that magistrate, Jer. v. 1) and against his family.

Read Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:1–9: Moral Laws. (b. c. 1490.)

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.