FACT CHECK · ANTISEMITIC TROPES: SECRET CONTROL, EPSTEIN/MOSSAD, BLOOD LIBEL, SLAVE TRADE, 109 COUNTRIES
Claim: Jews worship Moloch
FALSETHE ANSWER
Some Israelites did sacrifice children; the Bible condemns it. Leviticus bars giving offspring to Molech; Deuteronomy, Jeremiah and Second Kings condemn burning sons and daughters.
SOURCE
Leviticus 18:21; Deuteronomy 12:31; Jeremiah 7:31; 2 Kings 23:10 (NRSVUE)
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PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Child sacrifice”
- “Sacrifice children”
- “Sacrifice to a pagan god”
- “Worship moloch”
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