Deuteronomy 18:10

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Modern

Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

Traditional

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,

Literal

There shall not be found among you one who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, a user of divinations, a soothsayer, or a diviner, or a sorcerer,

Latin

Nec inveniatur in te qui lustret filium suum, aut filiam, ducens per ignem: aut qui ariolos sciscitetur, et observet somnia atque auguria, nec sit maleficus,

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Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,

Notes

Deuteronomy 18:10

Let 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 reading signs called omens (events believed to show what would happen next). One common method was extispicy (examining the internal organs of animals). They studied the liver, kidneys, and other organs of sacrificed animals to look for signs.
conjury: Conjurers tried to call up the spirits of the dead. People believed these spirits could give secret knowledge or power.
Diviners would use divining cups to interpret omens (see Genesis 44:5). They would place drops of oil in water, and the spread of the oil indicated a message to the diviner. This is similar to reading tea leaves.
sorcery: This involved performing unusual acts or signs to mislead people (Exodus 7:11; Malachi 3:5).

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