📜WEB · Leviticus 18:21
What does Leviticus 18:21 mean?
"“‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh."
— Leviticus 18:21 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
“‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.
“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
“‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
“‘You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
“‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
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