Category Archives: Child Sacrifice

Jeremiah 7:31 – Does the Lord deny that he ever commanded child sacrifice?

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Jer 7:31 ‘They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing!’ (Emphasis added)

Jer 19:5 ‘They have built places here for worship of the god Baal so that they could sacrifice their children as burnt offerings to him in the fire.…

Ezekiel 20:25f – Did God change his mind about child sacrifice?

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Eze 20:25f  “I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live.  I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices—they caused all their first born to pass through the fire—so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the LORD.”

How can it be that the Lord would give his people ‘decrees which were not good’?  And what ‘decrees’ are being referred to here?…

Exodus 22:29-30 – Did God command child sacrifice?

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Ex 22:29-30 – “Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons. You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day. “ (Emphasis added)

Does this command require the sacrificial slaughter of firstborn sons?

Jon Levinson (Death and Resurrection of the Beloved Son: The Transformation of Child Sacrifice in Judaism and Christianity, 1993):  Ex 22:29 requires the sacrificial slaughter of firstborn sons. …