Leviticus 20:2

““And you shall say to the sons of Israel: Any man of the sons of Israel or of the resident aliens who reside in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.”

Leviticus 20:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 20:2, word by word

“And you shall sayתֹּאמַרtomar

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomar” appears
to the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

Where else “bene” appears
of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

Where else “yisrael” appears
Any manאִישׁish

each

Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.

Where else “ish” appears
the resident aliensגֵּרger

resident alien

Foreigner who lives in a land that is not his own, without the rights of those who belong to the place.

Where else “ger” appears
who resideגָּרgar

sojourn

To live in a place that is not your own.

Where else “gar” appears
gives anyיִתֵּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

Where else “yiten” appears
of his offspringזַּרְעzar

offspring

The children, grandchildren and whole line that come from someone.

Where else “zar” appears
to Molechמֹּלֶךְmolech

Molech

Molech: a god of peoples near Israel, to whom children were sacrificed. The name looks like the Hebrew word for "king".

Where else “molech” appears
shall surelyמוֹתmot

be put to death

To lose one's life as punishment.

Where else “mot” appears
the peopleעַםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

Where else “am” appears
of the landאָרֶץarets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

Where else “arets” appears
shall stone himיִרְגְּמֻyirgmu

stone

Stone to death: kill someone by throwing stones at him; in the Law the whole people carried it out.

Where else “yirgmu” appears
with stonesאָבֶןaven

stone

A piece of rock, large or small, used for building, marking or throwing.

Where else “aven” appears

Translation note

This chapter repeats the prohibitions of chapter 18 and adds the punishment for each one.

The context

1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2 · This verse (above)

3And I will set my face against that man and cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to make unclean my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.

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