en_tn/lev/18/21.md

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# General Information:
Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must not do that would defile them.
# You must not give any of your children to put them into the fire
The phrase "to pass through the fire" means to burn something with fire as a sacrifice. Alternate translation: "You must not burn your children alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
# you must not profane the name of your God
Here the word "profane" means to dishonor. The word "name" represents God himself. Alternate translation: "you must not dishonor your God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])