OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 19:5

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and have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I didn’t command, nor speak, which didn’t even enter into my mind.

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Verse 5. Mind. Perhaps the people stupidly thought thus to honour him; but God pointedly condemns such sacrifices.

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