Deuteronomy 18:10

Deuteronomy 18:10 in other versions

• King James Version (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,
• New International Version (NIV)Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire, who practices divination or sorcery, interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,
• English Standard Version (ESV)There shall not be found among you anyone who burns his son or his daughter as an offering, anyone who practices divination or tells fortunes or interprets omens, or a sorcerer
• New King James Version (NKJV)There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

Context of Deuteronomy 18:10

8A Levite may have sold some of his family's valuable things. He may keep that money and he may receive the same amount of food as the other Levites. 9When you go into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, be careful! Do not learn to do the evil things that the nations who live there are doing. Nobody among you must ever burn your child in a fire, as an offering. Nobody must use magic or other things to learn about future times. There must not be any magicians or diviners. 11Never use magic to curse anyone. Never try to speak to the spirits of dead people or other spirits. 12The Lord hates anyone who does these things. It is because of those evil things that the Lord will chase the other nations out of the land as you move in.

Deuteronomy 18:10 word by word

לֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֣א בְךָ֔ מַעֲבִ֥יר בְּנֽוֹ־וּבִתּ֖וֹ בָּאֵ֑שׁ קֹסֵ֣ם קְסָמִ֔ים מְעוֹנֵ֥ן וּמְנַחֵ֖שׁ וּמְכַשֵּֽׁף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• There shall not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• that maketh his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• or his daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• to passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• through the fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
• that usethקָסַםqâsam · to divineH7080
• divinationקֶ֫סֶםqesem · divinationH7081
• an observer of timesעָנַן‛ânan · to divineH6049
• or an enchanterנָחַשׁnâchash · to divineH5172
• or a witchכָּשַׁףkâshaph · to practice sorceryH3784

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 18:10

• Deuteronomy 12:31No! You must not worship the Lord your God in the same way that those people worship their gods. When they worship, they do wicked things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children with fire, to make sacrifices to their gods.
• Leviticus 18:21Do not offer your child as a sacrifice to the false god, Molech. This would spoil God's honour. He is the Lord.
• Leviticus 20:2‘Talk to Israel's people. Say, “If any Israelite or foreign person gives his children to the god called Molech, he must die.” The people must throw stones at him to kill him.
• 2 Kings 16:3He lived in the same bad way that the kings of Israel did. He even caused his son to walk through fire. In this way he copied the terrible sins of the other nations in Canaan. Those were the nations that the Lord had chased out so that the Israelites could live there.
• 2 Kings 17:17They burned their sons and their daughters in fire as offerings to Baal. They used magic to find out what would happen in the future. They chose to do things that the Lord said were evil. That made him very angry.
• 2 Kings 21:6He burnt his own son with fire as a sacrifice. He used magic and false gods to find out what would happen in the future. He took advice from magicians and people who talked to the spirits of dead people. He did many things that the Lord said were very evil. This made the Lord very angry.
• 2 Chronicles 28:3He offered sacrifices in Ben-Hinnom Valley. He even caused his sons to walk through fire. In this way he copied the terrible sins of the other nations in Canaan. Those were the nations that the Lord had chased out so that the Israelites could live there.
• Psalms 106:37They even killed their sons and their daughters as sacrifices for those idols of demons!
• Jeremiah 19:4That will happen because Judah's people have turned away from me. They worship foreign gods in this place. They have offered sacrifices to those gods. They are gods that their ancestors did not know about. The kings of Judah never knew about them either. In this place, Judah's people have killed people who did not deserve to die.
• Jeremiah 32:35They have built altars in Ben-Hinnom valley to worship Baal. On those altars, they light fires to burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to Molech. I never commanded them to do that. I never even thought about it. It has caused Judah's people to be guilty of sin.
• Exodus 22:18You must punish with death any woman who is a magician.
• Leviticus 19:26You must not eat any meat that has the blood in it. You must not do magic. You must not use magic to learn about future times.
• Leviticus 20:26I am the Lord and I am holy. So my people must be holy for me. I have made them separate from other people. They belong to me.
• 1 Samuel 28:3Samuel had died before this. All the Israelites had been very sad at his death. They had buried him in Ramah, the town where he had lived. When Samuel had been alive, Saul had removed magicians from Israel. Saul removed everyone who used magic to speak to the spirits of dead people.
• 1 Chronicles 10:13Saul died because he turned away from the Lord. He did not obey the Lord's commands. He even tried to get advice from the spirits of dead people.
• 2 Chronicles 33:6He burnt his own sons with fire as a sacrifice in Ben Hinnom valley. He used magic and false gods to find out what would happen in the future. He took advice from magicians and people who talked to the spirits of dead people. He did many things that the Lord said were very evil. This made the Lord very angry.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10To pass through the fire - Probably in the way of consecration to Molech, or some other deity. It is not likely that their being burnt to death is here intended. See on Leviticus 18:21; (note). Divination - קסמים קסם kosem kesamim, one who endeavors to find out futurity by auguries, using lots, etc. Observer of times - מעונן meonen, one who pretends to foretell future events by present occurrences, and who predicts great political or physical changes from…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10To pass through the fire - i. e., to Moloch; compare the Leviticus 20:2 note. That useth divination - Compare Numbers 23:23 note. Observer of times … enchanter - Compare Leviticus 19:26 note. Witch - Rather “sorcerer,” compare the Exodus 7:11 note.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire: Some Canaanite religions practiced child sacrifice to please their gods. God strictly warned Israel against participating in this practice (Exodus 34:15–16; Leviticus 18:21; 20:2–5). When they did, it brought God's judgment (2 Kings 17:16–17; 21:6; Ezekiel 23:37). divination: In the ancient Near East, diviners (people who tried to learn the future) were seen as experts at…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-149-14. thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations--(See on Le 18:21; Le 19:26; Le 19:31; Le 20:4). In spite of this express command, the people of Canaan, especially the Philistines, were a constant snare and stumbling block to the Israelites, on account of their divinations and superstitious practices.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 18:10

• Abomination
• Familiar Spirits
• Idolatry
• Jesus Continued
• Sorcery

In the dictionaries

• Observer of Times
• Astrologer
• Consulter
• Divination
• Enchantments
• Magic
• Meonenim
• Midst
• Raise
• Witch

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings