The penalty for participation in such pagan worship is death. The method of capital punishment is public stoning. Deuteronomy 17:2–7 describe the procedure for stoning. First, there is a trial in which a person can only be convicted on the basis of two or three witnesses. Thereafter, the witnesses are the first to throw stones at the guilty party. This usually takes place outside the camp.
2 Tu diras aux enfants d'Israël: Si un homme des enfants d'Israël ou des étrangers qui séjournent en Israël livre à Moloc l'un de ses enfants, il sera puni de mort: le peuple du pays le lapidera.