Deuteronomy 18:10 (KJV)

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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

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maketh. De 12:31 Le 18:21-30 Le 20:2-5 2Ki 16:3 2Ki 17:17 2Ki 21:6 2Ch 28:3 Ps 106:37 Ps 106:38 Jer 19:4-6 Jer 32:35

that useth divination.The precise import of the terms here used to express these unhallowed practices cannot be clearly ascertained: he that useth divination, {kosaim, kesamim,} seems a general term for the various species after specified; observer of times, {meonain,} one who pretends to foretell by the clouds, planets, etc.; enchanter {menachesh,} a diviner, either by means of serpents, or by inspecting the entrails of beasts, the flight of birds, etc.; a witch, {mecashsheph,} one who used magical fumigations, etc.; a charmer, {chover chaver,} one who uses spells, or a peculiar conjunction of words, or tying knots, etc.; a consulter with familiar spirits, {shoel ov,} a pythoness; a wizard, {yidoni,} a cunning man; necromancer, {doresh el hammaithim} one who seeks enquiries of the dead. Ex 22:18 Le 19:26 Le 19:31 Le 20:26 Le 20:27 1Sa 28:3 1Sa 28:7 1Sa 28:9 1Ch 10:13 2Ch 33:6 Isa 8:19 Isa 8:20 Isa 47:13 Ac 19:19 Ga 5:20

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