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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:10

Deu 18:10 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, Ver. 10. That maketh his son. ] See Trapp on " Lev 18:21 " read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Deuteronomy 18:10

maketh: Deuteronomy 12:31, Leviticus 18:21-Amos :, Leviticus 20:2-Deuteronomy :, 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-Joshua :, 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... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Deuteronomy 18:10

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,Useth divination — Foretelleth things secret or to come, by unlawful arts and practices.An observer of times — Superstitiously pronouncing some days lucky, and others unlucky. Or, an observer of the clouds or heavens, one that divineth by the motions of the clouds, by the stars, or by the flying or chattering of... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:9-14

SOOTHSAYING AND IDOLATROUS WORSHIP FORBIDDEN, Deuteronomy 18:9-14. In the preceding verses the rights of the priests and Levites have been mentioned. Before speaking of the prophetic order, the divinely appointed men who, in the nation’s future history, are to supplement the priesthood, Moses gives a kind of summary of the methods employed by the heathen to learn the will of their deities. Israel is forbidden to use such modes to secure the revelation of the will of Jehovah, for other and surer... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:10

10. There shall not be found among you That is, shall not exist among you, shall not be tolerated. That maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire The sacrificing of children to Molech, or Moloch, is here again forbidden. Moloch seems to have been the fire-god of the eastern nations, whose worship was probably similar to that of Baal and Chemosh. In 1 Kings 11:7, Molech is called the abomination of the children of Ammon, Chemosh the abomination of Moab. It was Chemosh, we... read more

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