וטעם וידבר ה׳‎ אל משה לאמר. בעבור כי אלה המצות חיוב על כל ישראל ואין גר עמם על כן כתוב בתחלה אל כל עדת ישראל ועתה יחל להזכיר עונש הזנות על כל מי שהוא דר בא״י אזרח או גר תושב והחל מהקשה שבכלם והוא אשר יתן מזרעו למולך והטעם לשכב עם עובדת עבודת כוכבים: [AND THE LORD SPOKE UNTO MOSES, SAYING.] Scripture earlier¹Lev. 19:2. stated, unto all the congregation…of Israel, because the commandments, which followed, are obligatory upon all of Israel.²That is, only upon Israel. Strangers have no part in them.³Non-Jews do not share these laws with Israel. Scripture now begins to mention the punishment for harlotry, which will befall anyone who lives in the Land of Israel, be he native born⁴An Israelite. or resident alien.⁵A non-Jew living in Israel. Hence our chapter explicitly notes that what follows applies to both an Israelite and a non-Israelite. It begins with the most severe of them all, namely, with the individual who gives of his seed to Molech, that is, the one who has intercourse with a woman who worships idols.⁶This interpretation is rejected by the Mishnah. See Megillah 4:9: “If a man says And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to set them apart to Molech (Lev. 18:21) means, and thou shalt not give of thy seed to make it pass to heathendom, they put him to silence with a rebuke.”