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Note that near the end I stated that “skopos”, such as seen in Ezekiel 33 is “whistleblower”. I should have said “watchman”. However, there is a clear relationship.

LSV Amos 5:26 And you bore Succoth your king, and Chiun your images, || The star of your god, that you made for yourselves.

LSV 1Ki 11:7 Then Solomon builds a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] on the front of Jerusalem, and for Molech the abomination of the sons of Ammon;

Jeremiah Prays for Understanding

LSV Jer 32:35 And they build the high places of Ba‘al that [are] in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through to Molech, which I did not command them, nor did it come up on My heart to do this abomination, so as to cause Judah to sin.

Josiah's Reforms

LSV 2Ki 23:10 And he has defiled Topheth that [is] in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, so that no man causes his son and his daughter to pass over through fire to Molech.

Unlawful Sexual Relations

LSV Lev 18:21 And you do not give from your seed to pass over to the Molech, nor do you defile the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.

ABP Lev 18:21 And of your semen you shall not give to serve a ruler (archōn), and you shall not profane the [2name 1holy]. I am the LORD.

Punishment for Child Sacrifice

Lev 20:1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

Lev 20:2 “And you say to the sons of Israel: Any man of the sons of Israel, and of the sojourners who is sojourning in Israel, who gives to the Molech (archōn) from his seed (sperma), is certainly put to death; the people of the land stone him with stone;

Lev 20:3 and I set My face against that man, and have cut him off from the midst of his people, for he has given to the Molech (archōn) from his seed, so as to defile My sanctuary, and to defile My holy Name.

Lev 20:4 And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving to the Molech (archōn) from his seed, so as not to put him to death,

Lev 20:5 then I have set My face against that man and against his family, and have cut him off, and all who are going whoring after him, even going whoring after the Molech (archōn plural), from the midst of their people.