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Deuteronomy 18

Deut. 18:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therea shall not be found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
among you any one that maketh his son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
or his daughter
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
to pass
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
through the fire
'esh (Hebrew #784)
fire (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
Pronounce: aysh
Origin: a primitive word
, or that useth
qacam (Hebrew #7080)
properly, to distribute, i.e. determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine
KJV usage: divine(-r, -ation), prudent, soothsayer, use (divination).
Pronounce: kaw-sam'
Origin: a primitive root
divination
qecem (Hebrew #7081)
a lot: also divination (including its fee), oracle
KJV usage: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
Pronounce: keh'-sem
Origin: from 7080
, or an observer of times
`anan (Hebrew #6049)
to cover; used only as a denominative from 6051, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. practise magic
KJV usage: X bring, enchanter, Meonemin, observe(-r of) times, soothsayer, sorcerer.
Pronounce: aw-nan'
Origin: a primitive root
, or an enchanter
nachash (Hebrew #5172)
properly, to hiss, i.e. whisper a (magic) spell; generally, to prognosticate
KJV usage: X certainly, divine, enchanter, (use) X enchantment, learn by experience, X indeed, diligently observe.
Pronounce: naw-khash'
Origin: a primitive root
, or a witch
kashaph (Hebrew #3784)
properly, to whisper a spell, i.e. to inchant or practise magic
KJV usage: sorcerer, (use) witch(-craft).
Pronounce: kaw-shaf'
Origin: a primitive root
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Lev. 18:21• 21And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, nor shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] Jehovah. (Lev. 18:21)
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Daughter,
Divination,
Fire,
Son,
Witch; Witchcraft

Cross References

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Deut. 12:31• 31{i}Thou shalt not do so to Jehovah thy God; for every thing that is abomination to Jehovah, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters have they burned in the fire to their gods.{/i} (Deut. 12:31)
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Lev. 18:21‑30• 21And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, nor shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] Jehovah.
 22And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with womankind: it [is] abomination.
 23And thou shalt not lie with any beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down therewith: it [is] confusion.
 24Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have made themselves unclean the nations which I cast out from before you.
 25And the land hath become unclean: and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.
 26But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not do any of all these abominations, —the homeborn and the stranger that sojourneth among you
 27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who [were] before you, and the land hath been made unclean);
 28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
 29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do [them] shall be cut off from among their people.
 30Therefore shall ye observe my charge, that ye do not [any] of these abominable customs which were done before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I [am] Jehovah your God. (Lev. 18:21‑30)
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Lev. 20:2‑5• 2Thou shalt say also to the children of Israel, Every one of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed to Molech shall certainly be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
 3And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed to Molech, so as to make my sanctuary unclean and to profane my holy name.
 4And if the people of the land in any way hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed to Molech, that they kill him not,
 5then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. (Lev. 20:2‑5)
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2 Kings 16:3• 3{i}but walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even caused his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.{/i} (2 Kings 16:3)
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2 Kings 17:17• 17{i}and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i} (2 Kings 17:17)
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2 Kings 21:6• 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)
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2 Chron. 28:3• 3{i}and he burned incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burned his sons in the fire, according to the abominations of the nations that Jehovah had dispossessed from before the children of Israel.{/i} (2 Chron. 28:3)
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Psa. 106:37‑38• 37And they sacrificed their sons{HR}And their daughters to the demons;
 38And shed innocent blood—{HR}Blood of their sons and their daughters,{HR}Whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan,{HR}And the land was polluted with blood. (Psa. 106:37‑38)
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Jer. 19:4‑6• 4Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
 5they have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
 6therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. (Jer. 19:4‑6)
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Jer. 32:35• 35And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. (Jer. 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.
Ex. 22:18• 18{i}—Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.{/i} (Ex. 22:18)
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Lev. 19:26,31• 26Ye shall not eat [anything] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury.
 31Turn ye not to those that have familiar spirits, nor to the wizards; seek them not to be defiled by them: I [am] Jehovah, your God. (Lev. 19:26,31)
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Lev. 20:26‑27• 26{i}And ye shall be holy unto me; for I Jehovah am holy, and have separated you from the peoples to be mine.{/i}
 27{i}And if there be a man or a woman in whom is a spirit of Python or of divination, they shall certainly be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood is upon them.{/i} (Lev. 20:26‑27)
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1 Sam. 28:3,7,9• 3Now Samuel was dead, {i}and all Israel had lamented him, and they had buried him in Ramah, even in his own city{/i}. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
 7{i}Then said Saul to his servants{/i}, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. {i}And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.{/i}
 9And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? (1 Sam. 28:3,7,9)
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1 Chron. 10:13• 13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against Jehovah, even against the word of Jehovah, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it. (1 Chron. 10:13)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6{i}He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i} (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Isa. 8:19‑20• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead.
 20To the law and to the testimony! if they speak not according to this word, surely there is no morning for them. (Isa. 8:19‑20)
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Isa. 47:13• 13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [the things] that shall come upon thee. (Isa. 47:13)
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Acts 19:19• 19And not a few of those that practiced curious arts brought their books and burnt [them] before all. And they summed up the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. (Acts 19:19)
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Gal. 5:20• 20idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties, (Gal. 5:20)

J. N. Darby Translation

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There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

W. Kelly Translation

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There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)