Deuteronomy 18:10

There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices sorcery, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

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WEBBE

There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who tells fortunes, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

BSB

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

KJV

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,

ASV

There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

BBE

Let there not be seen among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter go through the fire, or anyone using secret arts, or a maker of strange sounds, or a reader of signs, or any wonder-worker,

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לֹא־ lo'- not H3808 יִמָּצֵא yi·ma·tze' he will be found H4672 בְךָ ve·kha among (the) you H9031 מַעֲבִיר ma·'a·vir [one who] makes pass H5674 בְּנוֹ־ be·nov- son his H1121 וּבִתּוֹ u·vi·to and daughter his H1323 בָּאֵשׁ ba·'esh in the fire H784 קֹסֵם ko·sem [one who] divines H7080 קְסָמִים ke·sa·mim divinations H7081 מְעוֹנֵן me·'o·nen a soothsayer H6049 וּמְנַחֵשׁ u·me·na·chesh and an augurer H5172 וּמְכַשֵּׁף u·me·kha·shef and a sorcerer H3784

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–14

Was it possible that a people so blessed with Divine institutions, should ever be in any danger of making those their teachers whom God had made their captives? They were in danger; therefore, after many like cautions, they are charged not to do after the abominations of the nations of Canaan. All reckoning of lucky or unlucky days, all charms for diseases, all amulets or spells to prevent evil, fortune-telling, &c. are here forbidden. These are so wicked as to be a chief cause of the rooting out of the Canaanites. It is amazing to think that there should be any pretenders of this kind in such a land, and day of light, as we live in. They are mere impostors who blind and cheat their followers.

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Jesus, The ChristIdolatryAbominationFamiliar Spirits

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