Leviticus 20:4
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And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that hath given of his seed to Moloch, and will not kill him:

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Acts 17:30 And God indeed having winked at the times of this ignorance, now declareth unto men that all should every where do penance.

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Deuteronomy 13:8 Consent not to him, hear him not, neither let thy eye spare him to pity and conceal him,

Deuteronomy 17:2-5 When there shall be found among you within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, man or woman that do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, and transgress his covenant, . . .

Joshua 7:12 Neither can Israel stand before his enemies, but he shall flee from them: because he is defiled with the anathema. I will be no more with you, till you destroy him that is guilty of this wickedness.

1 Samuel 3:13,14 For I have foretold unto him, that I will judge his house for ever, for iniquity, because he knew that his sons did wickedly, and did not chastise them. . . .

1 Kings 20:42 And he said to him: Thus saith the Lord. Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man worthy of death, thy life shall be for his life, and thy people for his people.

Revelation 2:14 But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit fornication.

Context
Punishments for Disobedience
3And I will set my face against him: and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name. 4And if the people of the land neglecting, and as it were little regarding my commandment, let alone the man that hath given of his seed to Moloch, and will not kill him:5I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their people.…
Cross References
Leviticus 20:3
And I will set my face against him: and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he hath given of his seed to Moloch, and hath defiled my sanctuary, and profaned my holy name.

Leviticus 20:5
I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their people.

Lexicon
And if
וְאִ֡ם (wə·’im)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

the people
עַ֨ם (‘am)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

of the land
הָאָ֜רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land

ever hide
הַעְלֵ֣ם (ha‘·lêm)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5956: To veil from sight, conceal

their eyes
עֵֽינֵיהֶם֙ (‘ê·nê·hem)
Noun - cdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and fail
לְבִלְתִּ֖י (lə·ḇil·tî)
Preposition-l
Strong's Hebrew 1115: A failure of, not, except, without, unless, besides, because not, until

to put to death
הָמִ֥ית (hā·mîṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

the man
הָאִ֣ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who gives
בְּתִתּ֥וֹ (bə·ṯit·tōw)
Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

one of
מִן־ (min-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of

his children
מִזַּרְע֖וֹ (miz·zar·‘ōw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2233: Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

to Molech,
לַמֹּ֑לֶךְ (lam·mō·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4432: Molech -- a heathen god to whom Israelites sacrificed children


Additional Translations
And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and kill him not:

And if the people at the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;

And if the natives of the land should in anywise overlook that man in giving of his seed to Moloch, so as not to put him to death;

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, that they kill him not,

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death:

And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed to Molech, and kill him not;

If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death;

'And if the people of the land really hide their eyes from that man, in his giving of his seed to the Molech, so as not to put him to death,
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