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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:11

A charmer - חבר חבר chober chaber , one who uses spells; a peculiar conjunction, as the term implies, of words, or things, tying knots, etc., for the purposes of divination. This was a custom among the heathen, as we learn from the following verses: - Necte Tribus Nodis ternos, Amarylli, colores: Necte, Amarylli, modo; et Veneris, dic, vincula necto read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:15

The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet - Instead of diviners, observers of times, etc., God here promises to give them an infallible guide, who should tell them all things that make for their peace, so that his declarations should completely answer the end of all the knowledge that was pretended to be gained by the persons already specified. Like unto me - Viz., a prophet, a legislator, a king, a mediator, and the head or chief of the people of God. This was the very person... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:9

Verse 9 9.When thou art come. It is too well known from experience how eagerly the human race lays hold of bad examples, and how prone it is to imitate them. Especially those who come into a foreign land, accustom themselves readily to its manners and customs. This is the reason why God expressly commands the Israelites to beware, lest, when they come into the land of Canaan, they should catch any infection from its inhabitants. The doctrine, indeed, is universal in its application; but there... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:10

Verse 10 10.There shall not be found among you. This horrible and altogether monstrous infatuation, whereby the Gentiles had been possessed, afterwards invaded the Jews also, that they should immolate and even burn their children in honor of the gods to which they had devoted themselves; although it is probable that the greater part of them were not inflamed by such an excess of madness, but satisfied their superstition more easily, by merely making their children to pass through the fire. This... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:12

Verse 12 12.For all that do these things are an abomination. First, he would have the authority of God act as a rein to guide them; and then sets before them that vengeance which they were soon about to see inflicted upon the heathen, nay, of which they were themselves to be the executioners and ministers. For since it could not be a matter of the slightest doubt, but that the inhabitants of the land of Canaan were rooted out from their peaceful habitations only by God’s hand, he assigns as the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:13

Verse 13 13.Thou shalt be perfect. He refers to the mutual obligation of that holy covenant whereby as on the one side He had pledged Himself to the Jews, so on the other He had made them His debtors, not to prostitute themselves to idols, or to hanker after strange religions, whereby men’s minds are led astray. This perfectness, then, is opposed to all those mixtures or corruptions which withdraw us from the sincere worship of the one true God; because the simplicity which retains us in... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:14

Verse 14 14.For these nations. As God had just before been setting before them the punishment He was about to inflict upon these nations, in order to alarm and warn them, so now does he admonish them that the inheritance was handed over to them on this condition, that they should be mindful of so great a benefit, and beware of all pollutions; and that they succeeded the former inhabitants of the land, with a view to their being separate from them; for whence was this change, except that God... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:15

Verse 15 15.The Lord thy God will raise up. This is added by anticipation, lest the Israelites should object that they were more hardly dealt with than the rest of the nations of the world; for it was always most justly considered an extraordinary blessing to hold communication with God; and indeed there can be nothing more to be desired. But an opinion had obtained currency, that men approached more closely to God by means of magical arts, by the oracles of Pythonic spirits, and by the study... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9

The abominations of these nations ; i . e . certain forms of superstitious usage by which the heathen sought to procure the favor of their deities, to obtain from them direction and counsel, and to penetrate into the hidden future of events. Moses charges the people to avoid all such usages, and not even to learn to do after such abominations (cf. Le Deuteronomy 18:21 ; Numbers 23:23 ; Le 19:26, 31). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Spiritualism condemned. In the verses forming this paragraph, there are nine terms or phrases, each with its own special meaning, £ pointing to some pagan superstition, against which Moses is warning the people. The variety and number of such terms show us how great a bold a spurious "spiritualism" had upon the people. The phenomena connected therewith, however, present to us an aspect of history that is worthy of careful study. In some sort, the pagan customs of olden times connected... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:9

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9-14

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