1. The Lord spoke to Moses,
2. “Tell the Israelites: If Israelites or foreigners living among you give one of their children as a sacrifice to ⌊the god⌋ Molech, they must be put to death. The common people must stone them to death.
3. I will condemn them and exclude them from the people. They gave one of their children to Molech, made my holy tent unclean, and dishonored my holy name.
4. If the common people ignore those who give their children to Molech and do not put them to death,