Deuteronomy 18:10
There is not found in you one causing his son and his daughter to pass over into fire, a user of divinations, an observer of clouds, and an enchanter, and a sorcerer,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11and a charmer, and one inquiring from a familiar spirit, and a wizard, and one seeking to the dead.
Cross References
Exodus 22:17if her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he weighs out money according to the dowry of virgins.
Leviticus 18:21And you do not give from your seed to pass over to the Molech, nor do you defile the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.
Leviticus 19:31You do not turn to those having familiar spirits, and you do not seek for wizards, to become unclean by them; I [am] your God YHWH.
Leviticus 20:26And you have been holy to Me, for I, YHWH, [am] holy; and I separate you from the peoples to become Mine.
1 Samuel 28:3And Samuel has died, and all Israel mourns for him, and buries him in Ramah, even in his city, and Saul has turned aside those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
1 Samuel 28:9And the woman says to him, “Behold, you have known that which Saul has done, that he has cut off those having familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land; and why are you laying a snare for my soul—to put me to death?”
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 →