“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.”
Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord. The child sacrifice prohibition to Molek interrupts the sexual ethics list — the connection between child sacrifice and the sexual ethics section is the connection between the family's integrity (protected by the sexual ethics) and the family's continuity (protected by the child sacrifice prohibition). The profane the name framing communicates that child sacrifice is a violation of the covenant relationship, not only of the parent-child relationship. I am the Lord who stands against this.
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