Lev 20:2 | KD | STEP | Whoever, whether an Israelite or a foreigner in Israel, dedicated of his seed (children) to Moloch (see ), was to be put to death. The people of the land were to stone him. בּאבן רגם, lapide obruere , is synonymous with סקל, lit., lapidem jacere: this was the usual punishment appointed in the law for cases in which death was inflicted, either as the result of a judicial sentence, or by the national community.

‏ Leviticus 20:2

Whoever, whether an Israelite or a foreigner in Israel, dedicated of his seed (children) to Moloch (see Lev 18:21), was to be put to death. The people of the land were to stone him. בּאבן רגם, lapide obruere, is synonymous with סקל, lit., lapidem jacere: this was the usual punishment appointed in the law for cases in which death was inflicted, either as the result of a judicial sentence, or by the national community.