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From my reading of the OT over the years it seems detestable/abomination usually applies to sins which were out of the original creation design. Idolatry, the shedding of innocent blood, maltreatment of the widow and orphan and also homosexuality. I would add anything that also robs YHWH of His Glory was given the same emphasis as you can see if someone brought Him a defective sacrifice that was also an abomination. Many of these sins (including as you mentioned) has a Mosaic theocracy capital punishment as well.Right, that's the same wording I'm familiar with, and we already agree it's a sin, and also destatable/abomination, but I am trying to ask about your saying it was even up to the level, the special level of sacrificing children in fire to idols, specifically. In particular. That's the question I'm asking about, specifically. Not whether it's sin, not whether it's an abomination -- those we see already. But whether it has a special level like as you yourself wrote "
Ranked up there with those who burned their infants to Molech." Which we see in Deuteronomy 12:31 is an abomination separated out I think as a worse level by the choice of the word "even". It's significant to rank it up at the level which was a primary cause for the utter destruction of Cannanite cities by Israel under instruction where even the animals and infants were to be put to the sword in the OT. Of course it doesn't have to be "even" that level to be already a serious sin (garden variety sins are serious we know!) like adultery, or as Christ instructs us lusting after someone not our spouse in our own heart secretly.
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