³ He burned incense in ^(A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned ^(B)his children in the ^(C)fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had ^(D)cast out before the children of Israel.

^6 (A)Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced ^(B)soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and ^(C)consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

² But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to the ^(A)abominations of the nations whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

²¹ And you shall not let any of your descendants ^(A)pass through ^(B)the fire to ^(C)Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

¹⁰ And he defiled ^(A)Topheth, which is in ^(B)the Valley of the ^[a]Son of Hinnom, ^(C)that no man might make his son or his daughter ^(D)pass through the fire to Molech.

⁸ And the border went up ^(A)by the Valley of the Son of Hinnom to the southern slope of the ^(B)Jebusite city (which is Jerusalem). The border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the Valley ^(C)of ^[a]Rephaim northward.

^20 (A)“Moreover you took your sons and your daughters, whom you bore to Me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your acts of harlotry a small matter, ²¹ that you have slain My children and offered them up to them by causing them to pass through the ^(B)fire?

³⁵ And they built the high places of Baal which are in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to ^(A)cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to ^(B)Molech, ^(C)which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.’