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Nome bíblico de um deus cananeu; uma vocalização disfêmica no período do Segundo Templo de um teônimo baseado na raiz MLK ("king")
Moloch, Molech ou Molek é uma palavra que aparece na Bíblia Hebraica várias vezes, principalmente no Livro de Levítico. A Septuaginta grega traduz muitas dessas ocorrências como "their king", mas mantém a palavra ou o nome Moloch em outras, incluindo uma vez adicional no Livro de Amós onde o texto hebraico não atesta o nome. A Bíblia condena veementemente práticas associadas a Moloch, as quais são fortemente implicadas como incluindo sacrifício de crianças.
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“And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the L ORD .”
“Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.”
“And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin.”
“Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel?But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.”
“All were placed facing the sun, in the direction of Moloch the Devourer, and were stretched on the ground on their stomachs or on their backs, those, however, who were sentenced to be flogged standing upright against the trees with two men beside them, one counting the blows and the other striking.”
““Moloch, thou burnest me!” and the soldier’s kisses, more devouring than flames, covered her; she was as though swept away in a hurricane, taken in the might of the sun.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.
