Bible condones child sacrifice? Exo 22:29-30
(Exo 22:29-30 NIV) "Do not hold back
offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You must give me the
firstborn of your sons. {30} Do the same with your cattle and your sheep.
Let them stay with their mothers for seven days, but give them to me on the
eighth day.
On p 425 of EBE Dennis McKinsey
referring to Ex 22:22-30 complains that bible verses advocating child sacrifice
are systematically ignored and no longer quoted for obvious reasons.
No child sacrifice is involved, the firstborn sons were
redeemed. They belong to the Lord, but are to be bought back (redeemed)
from him as the following scriptures demonstrate..
(Exo 13:11-15 NIV) "After the LORD brings
you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath
to you and your forefathers, {12} you are to give over to the LORD the first
offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong
to the LORD. {13} Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not
redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons. {14}
"In days to come, when your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' say to
him, 'With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of
slavery. {15} When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed
every firstborn in Egypt, both man and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the
LORD the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn
sons.'
(Num 18:15-16 NIV) The first offspring of every
womb, both man and animal, that is offered to the LORD is yours. But you must
redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals. {16}
When they are a month old, you must redeem them at the redemption price set at
five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which weighs twenty
gerahs.
God tells his people not to sacrifice their children to Molech.
Lev 18:21 "'Do not give any of your
children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your
God. I am the LORD.
(Deu 12:31 NIV) You must not worship the LORD
your God in their way, because in worshiping their gods, they do all kinds of
detestable things the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in
the fire as sacrifices to their gods.
(Deu 18:10 NIV) Let no one be found among you who sacrifices
his son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery,
interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
Tekton's answer here,
This clearly raises the question on the sacrifice of Isaac (Gen 22:2) see
Glen Miller's answer here, Was Jesus'
death a violation of the commandment against human sacrifice?"
here
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