Ezekiel 16:21

16:21 you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. ¹ 

Ezekiel 20:37

20:37 I will make you pass under ²  the shepherd’s staff, ³  and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.

[16:21]  ¹ tn Heb “and you gave them, by passing them through to them.” Some believe this alludes to the pagan practice of making children pass through the fire.

[20:37]  ² tn This is the same Hebrew verb used to describe the passing of the children through the fire.

[20:37]  ³ sn The metaphor may be based in Lev 27:32 (see also Jer 33:13; Matt 25:32-33). A shepherd would count his sheep as they passed beneath his staff.