Deuteronomy 18:14
For these nations, whose land you are taking, give attention to readers of signs and to those using secret arts: but the Lord your God will not let you do so.
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In Context
13You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.
15The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
Cross References
Genesis 20:6And God said to him in the dream, I see that you have done this with an upright heart, and I have kept you from sinning against me: for this reason I did not let you come near her.
Psalms 147:19He makes his word clear to Jacob, teaching Israel his laws and his decisions.
Acts 14:16Who in the past let all nations go in the ways which seemed good to them.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:10-15
Idolatrous Customs of the Canaanites. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 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, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination… Read the whole commentary →