Leviticus 20:4
New International Version
If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death,

New Living Translation
And if the people of the community ignore those who offer their children to Molech and refuse to execute them,

English Standard Version
And if the people of the land do at all close their eyes to that man when he gives one of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

Berean Standard Bible
And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

King James Bible
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:

New King James Version
And if the people of the land should in any way hide their eyes from the man, when he gives some of his descendants to Molech, and they do not kill him,

New American Standard Bible
If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his children to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

NASB 1995
‘If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

NASB 1977
‘If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

Legacy Standard Bible
If the people of the land, however, should ever turn a blind eye to that man when he gives any of those who are his seed to Molech, so as not to put him to death,

Amplified Bible
If the people of the land should ever tolerate that man when he gives any of his children [as a burnt offering] to Molech, and fail to put him to death [as My law requires],

Christian Standard Bible
But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

American Standard Version
And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And if the people of the land will avert their eyes from that man who cast of his seed into a foreign woman so that they will not kill him:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And if the natives of the land should in anywise overlook that man in giving of his seed to Moloch, so as not to put him to death;

Contemporary English Version
Some of you may let them get away with human sacrifice,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that hath given of his seed to Moloch, and will not kill him:

English Revised Version
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
If the common people ignore those who give their children to Molech and do not put them to death,

Good News Translation
But if the community ignores what you have done and does not put you to death,

International Standard Version
If the people avoid dealing with that man when he offers his child to Molech—that is, if they fail to execute him—

JPS Tanakh 1917
And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

Literal Standard Version
And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving to the Molech from his seed, so as not to put him to death,

Majority Standard Bible
And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

New American Bible
If the people of the land condone the giving of offspring to Molech, by failing to put the wrongdoer to death,

NET Bible
If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death,

New Revised Standard Version
And if the people of the land should ever close their eyes to them, when they give of their offspring to Molech, and do not put them to death,

New Heart English Bible
If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his offspring to Moloch, and do not put him to death;

Webster's Bible Translation
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed to Molech, and kill him not;

World English Bible
If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death,

Young's Literal Translation
'And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving of his seed to the Molech, so as not to put him to death,

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Context
Punishments for Disobedience
3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name. 4And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech, 5then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.…

Cross References
Leviticus 20:3
And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

Leviticus 20:5
then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.


Treasury of Scripture

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and kill him not:

hide

Acts 17:30
And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

and kill

Deuteronomy 13:8
Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him:

Deuteronomy 17:2-5
If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, …

Joshua 7:12
Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.

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Leviticus 20
1. Of him who gives his seed to Moloch
4. Of him who favors such an one
6. Of going to wizards
7. Of sanctification
9. Of him who curses his parents
11. Of incest
13. Of sodomy
15. Of bestiality
18. Of uncleanness
22. Obedience is required with holiness
27. Wizards must be put to death














(4) And if the people of the land . . . --In the former verse the Legislator treated of cases where there was insufficient evidence. Here he declares what God would do if the community itself, whose duty it is to execute the sentence, either from culpable indifference or criminal sympathy with the sin, connive at it.

Verses 4, 5. - There is to be no connivance with Molech-worship. The penalty is death, and is to be carried out by the proper tribunals, whose business it was to see that the stoning took place. So in Deuteronomy the duty of killing those who entice to idolatry is laid down. "Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shall thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: but thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people" (Deuteronomy 13:8, 9). In the case of Molech-worship God declares that, if the tribunals of the nation fail to adjudge the penalty of death to the offender, he will himself lake the matter into his hands, and cut him off with his family and all that follow him in his sin of unfaithfulness.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
And if
וְאִ֡ם (wə·’im)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the people
עַ֨ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of the land
הָאָ֜רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

ever hide
הַעְלֵ֣ם (ha‘·lêm)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 5956: To veil from sight, conceal

their eyes
עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ (‘ê·nê·hem)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

and fail
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to put to death
הָמִ֥ית (hā·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

the man
הָאִ֣ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who gives
בְּתִתּ֥וֹ (bə·ṯit·tōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

one of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

his children
מִזַּרְע֖וֹ (miz·zar·‘ōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

to Molech,
לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ (lam·mō·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 4432: Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children


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