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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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giveth any of h<strong>is</strong> seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put todeath.” 70 In the face of th<strong>is</strong> threatening prohibition, people stillsacrificed their children, “Moreover thou hast taken thy sons andthy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thousacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is th<strong>is</strong> of thy whoredoms asmall matter, That thou hast slain my children, and delivered themto cause them to pass through the fire for them?” 71Is it inconsequential that you murdered my children? Godasked. Children belong to God. In way of example, God instructedthe Israelites to sanctify, or set apart, their firstborn sons. 72 In theancient Near East, the first male child was considered as belongingto deity. Within pagan<strong>is</strong>m, child sacrifice was a way of dedicatingthe child to the false god. In contrast, God validated the intrinsic70Lev. 20:2.71Ezek. 16:20, 21.72Exod. 13:2.118

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