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Jeremiah 32:35

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35

They built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through fire to Molech, which I didn’t command them. It didn’t even come into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”

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Verse 35. Consecrate. Hebrew “make them pass” through or into the fire, to be consumed in honour of Moloc. 4 Kennicott. 21:6.—Heart. They perhaps meant to imitate Abraham. Calmet. 7:31.

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