Imamat 8:20

8:20 Then he ¹  cut the ram into parts, ²  and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke,

Imamat 9:13

9:13 The burnt offering itself they handed ³  to him by its parts, including the head, ⁴  and he offered them up in smoke on the altar,

Imamat 18:21

18:21 You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, ⁵  so that you do not profane ⁶  the name of your God. I am the Lord!

[8:20]  ¹ tn Again, Aaron probably cut the ram up into parts (v. 20a), but Moses presented them on the altar (v. 20b; cf. the note on v. 15 above).

[8:20]  ² tn Heb “cut it into its parts.” One could translate here, “quartered it” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:133; cf. Lev 1:6, 12 above).

[9:13]  ³ tn See the note on v. 12.

[9:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the burnt offering they handed to him to its parts and the head.”

[18:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “And from your seed you shall not give to cause to pass over to Molech.” Smr (cf. also the LXX) has “to cause to serve” rather than “to cause to pass over.” For detailed remarks on Molech and Molech worship see N. H. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers (NCBC), 87-88; P. J. Budd, Leviticus (NCBC), 259-60; and J. E. Hartley, Leviticus (WBC), 333-37, and the literature cited there. It could refer to either human sacrifice or a devotion of children to some sort of service of Molech, perhaps of a sexual sort (cf. Lev 20:2-5; 2 Kgs 23:10, etc.). The inclusion of this prohibition against Molech worship here may be due to some sexual connection of this kind, or perhaps simply to the lexical link between זֶרַע (zera’) meaning “seed, semen” in v. 20 but “offspring” in v. 21.

[18:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and you shall not profane.” Regarding “profane,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.