“And 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.”
I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. The divine first-person enforcement: I myself will set my face against him and cut him off. The divine response to child sacrifice is the profanation of the sanctuary and the holy name — child sacrifice defiles the holy space and profanes the holy name even if no human sanction is applied. The dual consequence (human stoning and divine cutting off) communicates the absolute nature of the prohibition: the community must enforce it, and God enforces it regardless of whether the community does.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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