Amos 5:26

But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves.

Cross-reference

Deuteronomy 4:19 forbids worship of sun, moon, and stars—the very star gods Israel took up in Amos, showing their direct violation.

Joshua 24:14 commands Israel to serve the LORD alone and put away foreign gods—Amos 5:26 shows they later did the opposite.

Ezekiel 20:16 condemns Israel for rejecting God's rules and following idols—Amos 5:26 provides a specific instance of that idolatry.

Zephaniah 1:5 condemns worship of the host of heaven and swearing by Milcom—Amos 5:26's star-god Kiyyun is a parallel example.

Acts 7:42 Citation

Acts 7:42 quotes Amos 5:25-26 directly, citing Israel's wilderness idolatry as evidence of their rebellion.

Leviticus 18:21 explicitly forbids child sacrifice to Molech—a specific idolatrous practice that Amos 5:26 likely condemns among Israel’s many idols.

Leviticus 20:2-5 prescribes punishment for offering children to Molech—the same pagan worship Amos rebukes when denouncing Israel’s idolatry.

2 Kings 23:13 records Josiah demolishing high places Solomon built for Molech—directly echoing the idol worship Amos 5:26 rebukes.

1 Kings 11:33 lists the foreign gods Solomon worshipped, including Molech—the kind of idolatry Amos 5:26 condemns as Israel’s sin.