Deuteronomy 12:31

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• Jeremiah 32:35
  They have built the high places of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom to make their sons and daughters pass through the fire to Molech—something I never commanded them, nor had it ever entered My mind, that they should commit such an abomination and cause Judah to sin.
• 2 Kings 17:15–17
  They rejected His statutes and the covenant He had made with their fathers, as well as the decrees He had given them. They pursued worthless idols and became worthless themselves, going after the surrounding nations that the LORD had commanded them not to imitate.
• Jeremiah 7:31
  They have built the high places of Topheth in the Valley of Ben-hinnom so they could burn their sons and daughters in the fire—something I never commanded, nor did it even enter My mind.
• Deuteronomy 18:9–10
  When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
• 2 Kings 21:2
  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• Deuteronomy 9:5
  It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 12:4
  You shall not worship the LORD your God in this way.
• Leviticus 18:3
  You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
• Exodus 23:2
  You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.
• 2 Chronicles 33:2
  And he did evil in the sight of the LORD by following the abominations of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites.
• Leviticus 18:21
  You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
• 2 Chronicles 36:14
  Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

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Deuteronomy 4:15–31· Ezekiel 6:1–7

Glossary

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Archaeology and the Bible· Biblical Concept of Law· Covenant· Deuteronomy, Book of· Joshua, Book of· Kings, Books of First and Second· Nations· Pagans

Topics

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Child Sacrifice· Human Sacrifice· Idolatry: Denunciations Against· Idolatry: Objects of, Worshipped by Burning Children· Idolatry: Wicked Practices of Human Sacrifices· Judgments: Upon the Canaanites· Offerings: Human Sacrifices: Canaanites· Offerings: Human Sacrifices: Forbidden· Other Religions· Syncretism· The Burnt offering of Human Victims Execrated· The Jews: Prohibited From: Following Practices of Others· Worship of False Gods