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Berean Standard Bible

“And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 20:26

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

And I pronounced them unclean through their gifts—the sacrifice of every firstborn in the fire—so that I might devastate them, in order that they would know that I am the LORD.

World English Bible (WEB)

I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused all that opens the womb to pass through the fire, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Yahweh.”’

King James Version (KJV)

And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD.

American Standard Version (ASV)

and I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through [the fire] all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am Jehovah.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

I made them unclean in the offerings they gave, causing them to make every first child go through the fire, so that I might put an end to them.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Y contaminélos en sus ofrendas cuando hacían pasar por el fuego todo primogénito, para que los desolase, á fin de que supiesen que yo soy Jehová.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Esperando que ellos retrocederían con horror, y sabrían que sólo yo soy el Señor, les permití contaminarse con los mismos dones que yo les había dado. ¡Hasta llegaron a quemar a sus primogénitos como ofrendas a sus dioses!

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