However, the book Molech — A God of Human Sacrifice in the Old Testament, by John Day, observes: “There is evidence in classical and Punic [Carthaginian] sources, as well as archaeological evidence, for the existence of human sacrifice... in the Canaanite world, and so there is no reason to doubt the Old Testament allusions [to human sacrifice]. ”
मानव बलि होती थी, और इसलिए पुराने नियम [में मानव बलि] के उल्लेख पर संदेह करने का कोई कारण नहीं है । ”