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

8If he does, he’ll get the same amount of food as they do, in addition to what he gets from selling his family’s goods. 9When you come to the land that the Lord your God is giving you, never learn the disgusting practices of those nations. You must never sacrifice your sons or daughters by burning them alive, practice black magic, be a fortuneteller, witch, or sorcerer, 11cast spells, ask ghosts or spirits for help, or consult the dead. 12Whoever does these things is disgusting to the Lord. The Lord your God is forcing these nations out of your way because of their disgusting practices.

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 12:31Never worship the Lord your God in the way they worship their gods, because everything they do for their gods is disgusting to the Lord. He hates it! They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.
• Leviticus 18:21Never give your children as sacrifices to the god Molech ⌞by burning them alive⌟. If you do, you are dishonoring the name of your God. I am the Lord.
• Leviticus 20:2“Tell the Israelites: If Israelites or foreigners living among you give one of their children as a sacrifice to ⌞the god⌟ Molech, they must be put to death. The common people must stone them to death.
• 2 Kings 16:3He followed the example of the kings of Israel and even sacrificed his son by burning him alive. Sacrificing ⌞children⌟ was one of the disgusting things done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.
• 2 Kings 17:17They sacrificed their sons and daughters by burning them alive. They practiced black magic and cast evil spells. They sold themselves by doing what the Lord considered evil, and they made him furious.
• 2 Kings 21:6He burned his son as a sacrifice, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, and appointed ⌞royal⌟ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.
• 2 Chronicles 28:3He burned sacrifices in the valley of Ben Hinnom and sacrificed his son by burning him alive, one of the disgusting things done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.
• Psalms 106:37They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons.
• Jeremiah 19:4“The people, their ancestors, and the kings of Judah have abandoned me. They have made this place unrecognizable by burning incense as an offering to other gods that they hadn’t heard of. They have filled this place with the blood of innocent people.
• Jeremiah 32:35In the valley of Ben Hinnom they built worship sites for Baal to sacrifice their sons and daughters to Molech. I didn’t ask them to do this. It never entered my mind. I didn’t make Judah sin.
• Exodus 22:18“Never let a witch live.
• Leviticus 19:26“Never eat any meat with blood still in it. “Never cast evil spells, and never consult fortunetellers.
• Leviticus 20:26Be my holy people because I, the Lord, am holy. I have separated you from other people to be my very own.
• 1 Samuel 28:3Meanwhile, Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in his hometown Ramah. (Saul had rid the land of mediums and psychics.)
• 1 Chronicles 10:13So Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the Lord: He did not obey the Lord’s word. He asked a medium to request information ⌞from a dead person⌟.
• 2 Chronicles 33:6He burned his son as a sacrifice in the valley of Ben Hinnom, consulted fortunetellers, cast evil spells, practiced witchcraft, and appointed ⌞royal⌟ mediums and psychics. He did many things that made the Lord furious.

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