Deut 18:10

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maketh.

Deut 12:31; Lev 18:21-30; Lev 20:2-5; 2Kgs 16:3; 2Kgs 17:17; 2Kgs 21:6; 2Chr 28:3

Ps 106:37; Ps 106:38; Jer 19:4-6; 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.

Exod 22:18; Lev 19:26; Lev 19:31; Lev 20:26; Lev 20:27; 1Sam 28:3; 1Sam 28:7; 1Sam 28:9; 1Chr 10:13; 2Chr 33:6

Isa 8:19; Isa 8:20; Isa 47:13; Acts 19:19; Gal 5:20