How we cite our quotes: (Chapter:Verse)
Quote #7
You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. (NRSV 18:21)
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 Lord. (KJV 18:21)
The seed mentioned here is not plant seed. Molech seed is people!
Quote #8
A man or a woman who is a medium or a wizard shall be put to death; they shall be stoned to death, their blood is upon them. (NRSV 20:27)
A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. (KJV 20:27)
Helping family members communicate with their dead relatives may get decent ratings on TV, but in Leviticus, it's an invitation to get stoned. It's a way of maintaining the community by limiting its interaction with the divine to the Tabernacle and its priests.
Quote #9
I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars; I will heap your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols. I will abhor you. I will lay your cities waste, will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your pleasing odors. (NRSV 26:30-31)
And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcases upon the carcases of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours. (KJV 26:30-31)
Destroying family altars and laying waste to cities is one thing, but passing up the savory aroma of the Tabernacle barbecue? Whoa, that's serious.