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Ulangan 18:10

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Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abomination;   Familiar Spirits;   Idolatry;   Jesus Continued;   Sorcery;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fortune Telling;   Magic;   Sorcery;   The Topic Concordance - Abomination;   Hate;   Learning;   Paganism;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Canaanites, the;   Divination;   Jews, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Enchantments;   Necromancer;   Witch and Wizard;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Magic;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - False Prophet;   Magic;   Priest, Priesthood;   Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Punishment;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Alms;   Divination;   Witchcraft;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Astrologer;   Divination;   Enchantments;   Magic;   Meonenim;   Witch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Divination;   Jehu;   Meonenim, the Oak of;   Prophet;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Crimes and Punishments;   Divination and Magic;   Hammurabi;   Inquire of God;   Meonenim, Plain of;   Observer of Times;   Omen;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Dreams;   Experience;   Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Molech, Moloch;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lots;   Soothsaying;   Sorcery;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Divination;   Witch, Witchcraft;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Abram;   Divination;   Witch and wizard;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Divination;   Moloch;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Astrology;   Augury;   Chemosh;   Divide;   Enchantment;   En-Dor, Witch of;   Fire;   God;   Magic;   Molech;   Pass;   Prophecy;   Sacrifice, Human;   Witch;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Balaam;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Augury;   Charity and Charitable Institutions;   Commandments, the 613;   Deuteronomy;   Divination;   Fire;   Gentile;   Jurisdiction;   Magic;   Necromancy;   Omen;   Witchcraft;  

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Di antaramu janganlah didapati seorangpun yang mempersembahkan anaknya laki-laki atau anaknya perempuan sebagai korban dalam api, ataupun seorang yang menjadi petenung, seorang peramal, seorang penelaah, seorang penyihir,
Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Jangan di antara kamu didapati akan seorang juapun yang menyuruh anaknya laki-laki atau perempuan menerusi api, atau yang bertenung atau orang hobatan atau yang melihat dalam nujum atau orang sulapan,

Contextual Overview

9 When thou art come into the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee, thou shalt not learne to do after the abhominations of those nations. 10 Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his sonne or his daughter to go through the fire, or that vseth witchcraft, or a regarder of tymes, or that regardeth the fleeyng of fowles. 11 Or a sorcerer, or a charmer, or that coucelleth with spirites, or a soothsayer, or that asketh counsayle of the dead. 12 For all that do such thynges, are abhomination vnto the Lorde: and because of these abhominations, the Lorde thy God doth cast them out before thee. 13 Thou shalt be perfect therfore in the sight of the Lorde thy God. 14 For these nations which thou shalt possesse, hearken vnto regarders of tymes, and vnto sorcerers: but the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

maketh: Deuteronomy 12:31, Leviticus 18:21-30, Leviticus 20:2-5, 2 Kings 16:3, 2 Kings 17:17, 2 Kings 21:6, 2 Chronicles 28:3, Psalms 106:37, Psalms 106:38, Jeremiah 19:4-6, Jeremiah 32:35

that useth divination: The precise import of the terms here used to express these unhallowed practices cannot be clearly ascertained. He that useth divination, kosaim, kesamim, seems a general term for the various species after specified; observer of times, meonain, one who pretends to foretell by the clouds, planets, etc.; enchanter menachesh, a diviner, either by means of serpents, or by inspecting the entrails of beasts, the flight of birds, etc.; a witch, mecashsheph, one who used magical fumigations, etc.; a charmer, chover chaver, one who uses spells, or a peculiar conjunction of words, or tying knots, etc.; a consulter with familiar spirits, shoel ov, a pythoness; a wizard, yidoni, a cunning man; necromancer, doresh el hammaithim one who seeks enquiries of the dead. Exodus 22:18, Leviticus 19:26, Leviticus 19:31, Leviticus 20:26, Leviticus 20:27, 1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Samuel 28:7, 1 Samuel 28:9, 1 Chronicles 10:13, 2 Chronicles 33:6, Isaiah 8:19, Isaiah 8:20, Isaiah 47:13, Acts 19:19, Galatians 5:20

Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:6 - familiar Deuteronomy 18:14 - hath not suffered 1 Samuel 15:23 - witchcraft 1 Samuel 28:10 - sware 2 Kings 23:10 - might make 2 Kings 23:24 - that he might Proverbs 6:16 - an Isaiah 2:6 - and are Jeremiah 27:9 - hearken Ezekiel 16:21 - to pass Ezekiel 20:31 - ye offer Ezekiel 21:21 - to use Daniel 2:2 - General Acts 8:9 - used Acts 13:6 - certain

Cross-References

Genesis 16:10
And agayne the angell of the Lord sayde vnto her: I wyll multiplie thy seede in such sort, that it shal not be numbred for multitude.
Genesis 17:16
And I wyll blesse her, and geue thee a sonne of her: yea, I wyll blesse her, and she shalbe [a mother] of nations, yea & kynges of people shall sprynge of her.
Genesis 17:19
Unto who God sayd: Sara thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, & thou shalt call his name Isahac: and I wyll establishe my couenaunt with hym for an euerlastyng couenaunt [and] with his seede after hym.
Genesis 17:21
But my couenaunt wyl I make with Isahac whiche Sara shall beare vnto thee, euen this tyme twelue moneth.
Genesis 18:3
And sayde: Lorde, yf I haue nowe founde fauour in thy sight, passe not away I praye thee from thy seruaunt.
Genesis 18:5
And I wyll fet a morsell of bread to comfort your heartes withall, and then shall you go your wayes: for euen therefore are ye come to your seruaunt. And they sayde: do euen so as thou hast sayde.
Genesis 18:8
And he toke butter and mylke, and the calfe which he had prepared, and set it before them, and stoode hym selfe by them vnder the tree: & they dyd eate.
Genesis 18:9
And they sayde vnto hym: where is Sara thy wife? He aunswered, behold, in the tent.
Genesis 18:13
And God said vnto Abraham: wherfore dyd Sara laugh, saying, shall I of a suertie beare a chylde, which am olde?
Genesis 18:14
Is any thing vnpossible to God? Accordyng to the tyme appoynted wyll I returne vnto thee [euen] according to the time of life: & Sara [shall] haue a sonne.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire,.... To Moloch, which was a sort of lustration by fire, two fires being made, and the child led by a priest between them, and which was an initiation of him into the religion of that deity, and devoting him to it; so Jarchi says, this is the service of Moloch, making piles of fire here and there (on this side and on that), and causing (the children) to pass between them both. Besides this they used to burn them with fire to this deity, perhaps after the performance of this ceremony; see Deuteronomy 12:31: or that useth divination: according to Aben Ezra this is a general name, and so Ben Melech, the particulars of which are what follow,

an observer of times, c. Cicero says z, there are two sorts of divination, one is of art, the other of nature. What nation or what city is not moved by prediction, either by the entrails of beasts, or of those that interpret strange things and lightnings, or of soothsayers, or astrologers, or of lots (for these are mostly of art) or of dreams or prophecies, for these two are thought to be natural? Again he says a, the Phrygians, Pisidians, and Cilicians, pay a great respect to the signs of birds--from the beginning of the world it was that certain signs were forerunners of certain things; some in the entrails of beasts, some in birds, others in lightnings, others in marvellous things, others in the stars; some in visions and dreams, and others in the words of frantic persons. So the comedian remarks b, that if a strange black dog comes into a house, or a snake falls from the tiles through rain, or a hen crows, these, are observed as ominous, by the diviner or soothsayer. Porphyry says c, that soothsayers divine by the noise of crows and ravens; and it is said d the Arabians, from birds as from oracles, divine what shall come to pass; and that they attain to, as they say, by eating the heart and liver of dragons. Jarchi on this place asks, who is the diviner? one that lays hold on his staff, and says, shall I go? or shall I not go? that is, to such a place; and according as it fell, so judgment was made; see Hosea 4:12. Now such sort of diviners and divinations are cautioned against, as not to be admitted among the people of Israel, and regarded by them:

or an observer of times: and such things the Egyptians were very inquisitive about, what month or day belonged to the gods, what day any one was born on, what shall befall him, how he will die, and what he shall be, as Herodotus e relates; and such are they who are here meant, according to R. Akiba f that count times and hours, and say such a time is beautiful (or seasonable) to go out in and trade; but the wise men say, as Jarchi observes, these are they that hold the eyes, cast a mist over people's eyes, that they cannot perceive their juggling tricks. Some think the word has the signification of clouds, and so designs such that observed them and their motions, and made their conclusions according to them; see Leviticus 19:26,

or an enchanter; according to Jarchi, one that remarks things as ominous; as when a morsel falls out of a man's mouth, a roe stops him in the way, or his staff falls out of his hands: the word has the signification of a serpent in it, and so may signify one that enchants them; see Psalms 58:4 or makes observations by them, as portending this and that, and the other, as before observed of the snake falling from the tiles; and Horace g speaks of a serpent lying in the way, and frightening horses, as taken notice of by soothsayers:

or a witch; of whom see Exodus 22:18.

z De Divinatione, l. 1. c. 8. a Ibid. b Terent Phormio, Act. 4. Sc. 4. "introit in aedes", &c. c De Abstinentia, l. 3. c. 4. d Philostrat. Vit. Apollon. l. 1. c. 14. e Enterpe, sive, l. 2. c. 82. f Apud R. Sol. Urbin. Ohel Moed, fol. 24. 1. g "Rumpat et serpens iter institutum", &c. Horat. Carmin. l. 3. Ode 27.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To 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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 18:10. To 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. Leviticus 18:21.

Divination — קסם קסמים kosem kesamim, one who endeavours to find out futurity by auguries, using lots, c.

Observer of times — מעונן meonen, one who pretends to foretell future events by present occurrences, and who predicts great political or physical changes from the aspects of the planets, eclipses, motion of the clouds, &c., &c. Genesis 41:8.

Enchanter — מנחש menachesh, from נחש nichesh, to view attentively one who inspected the entrails of beasts, observed the flight of birds, &c., &c., and drew auguries thence. Some think divination by serpents is meant, which was common among the heathen.

A witch — מחשף mechashsheph, probably those who by means of drugs, herbs, perfumes, &c., pretended to bring certain celestial influences to their aid. See the note on "Leviticus 19:26".


 
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