1. The Lord said to Moses:
2. Tell the Israelites: Anyone, whether an Israelite or an alien residing in Israel, who gives offspring to Molech shall be put to death. The people of the land shall stone that person.
3. I myself will turn against and cut off that individual from among the people; for in the giving of offspring to Molech, my sanctuary was defiled and my holy name was profaned.
4. If the people of the land condone the giving of offspring to Molech, by failing to put the wrongdoer to death,
5. I myself will turn against that individual and his or her family, and I will cut off from their people both the wrongdoer and all who follow this person by prostituting themselves with Molech.
6. Should anyone turn to ghosts and spirits and prostitute oneself with them, I will turn against that person and cut such a one off from among the people.
7. Sanctify yourselves, then, and be holy; for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.
8. Be careful, therefore, to observe my statutes. I, the Lord, make you holy.
9. Anyone who curses father or mother shall be put to death; and having cursed father or mother, such a one will bear the bloodguilt.