Moloch Worship
Moloch Worship. Ancient Middle-Eastern cult. According to Jeremiah 7. 31, an altar was built to Moloch near Jerusalem even though passing sons and daughters through fire was forbidden specifically in the law of Moses (Deuteronomy 18. 10).
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