וַאֲנִ֞י אֶתֵּ֤ן אֶת־פָּנַי֙ בָּאִ֣ישׁ הַה֔וּא וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י אֹת֖וֹ מִקֶּ֣רֶב עַמּ֑וֹ כִּ֤י מִזַּרְעוֹ֙ נָתַ֣ן לַמֹּ֔לֶךְ לְמַ֗עַן טַמֵּא֙ אֶת־מִקְדָּשִׁ֔י וּלְחַלֵּ֖ל אֶת־שֵׁ֥ם קָדְשִֽׁי׃
E eu porei meu rosto contra aquele homem e o eliminarei do meio de seu povo, porque deu de sua descendência ao Molech, para contaminar o meu santuário e profanar o nome da minha santidade.
Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin
Rebbi Abba bar Ḥiyya in the name of Rebbi Joḥanan303In the Babli, 64a, this is a tannaïtic statement attributed to R. Hanina ben Antigonos.: Look at the expression which the Torah taught you, Moloch; anything that you make king over yourself, even a chip of wood, even a pebble304Since the root mlk of “Moloch” means “to rule”.. I shall extirpate him from amidst his people, to include all other foreign worship in extirpation300In the Moloch paragraph Lev. 20:1–5 extirpation is mentioned twice, in vv. 3 and 5. One refers to Moloch worship; the other then must refer to any other worship using fire. Sifra Qedošim Parašah 10(15).. Rebbi Nasa in the name of Rebbi Eleazar: to include all other foreign worship relating to sons and daughters, as it was stated: He is guilty whether for the Moloch or any other foreign worship, whether he worshipped them with sons and daughters, or worshipped them with fathers and mothers. Rebbi Zeˋira said: if its worship did not prescribe this; but if its worship did prescribe it, he is free from prosecution305He holds that Moloch worship is defined by its rules, not by the name given to the deity being worshipped. Since R. Eleazar ben R. Simeon was quoted earlier that in Moloch worship one is guilty only for his descendants; if the rules of worship require descendants, the rules of Moloch worship apply. But if the Moloch rules are applied to the worship of a deity whose published rules do not include the Moloch rules, then it is an act of idolatry irrespective of the nature of the participants.. Rebbi Hila said, even if its worship did prescribe it, he is twice guilty306Once for idolatry and once for following the Moloch rules.. A baraita supports Rebbi Hila: The Moloch was included in all other foreign worships; it is mentioned separately to be lenient in this regard that he be guilty only for his descendants307The following paragraph shows that this baraita must be attributed to R. Simeon.. Rebbi Tanḥum bar Jeremiah said, it follows that Rebbi Eleazar ben Rebbi Simeon follows the argument of his father Rebbi Simeon. Just as Rebbi Simeon said, the Moloch was included in all other foreign worships; it is mentioned separately to be lenient in this regard that he be guilty only for his descendants, so Rebbi Eleazar ben Rebbi Simeon said, the Moloch was included in all other foreign worships; it is mentioned separately to be lenient in this regard that he be guilty only for his descendants298The word בְּךָ in Deut. 18:10 is read as in you; this is interpreted to describe one’s bodily issue, the children..