God established his covenant with the nation of Israel and commanded that they should keep themselves separate and distinct from the heathen nations round about.

Satan established a false religion amongst the heathen nations and caused them to worship images and other things aside from Jehovah.

These heathen idolaters built an altar in the valley of Hinnom for the purpose of offering sacrifices to their gods.

The Jews forsook their covenant with Jehovah and became worshipers of Baal, one of Satan's deified ones.

In practising Baal worship they offered their children as sacrifices, and upon this has been based the doctrine of torture by fire, concerning which Jehovah says: "They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind".