10 No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,[a](A) practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,

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  1. 18:10 Lit to make his son or daughter pass through the fire

10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(A) who practices divination(B) or sorcery,(C) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(D)

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14 Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.

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The Prophet

14 The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination.(A) But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so.

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37 Then Gaal spoke again, “Look, troops are coming down from the central part of the land,(A) and one unit is coming from the direction of the Diviners’ Oak.”

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37 But Gaal spoke up again: “Look, people are coming down from the central hill,[a] and a company is coming from the direction of the diviners’ tree.”

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  1. Judges 9:37 The Hebrew for this phrase means the navel of the earth.

He sacrificed his son in the fire,[a](A) practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.(C)

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  1. 21:6 Lit He made his son pass through the fire

He sacrificed his own son(A) in the fire, practiced divination,(B) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(D) his anger.

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He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley.(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.

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He sacrificed his children(A) in the fire in the Valley of Ben Hinnom, practiced divination and witchcraft, sought omens, and consulted mediums(B) and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing his anger.

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For you have abandoned(A) your people,
the house of Jacob,
because they are full of divination from the East
and of fortune-tellers(B) like the Philistines.(C)
They are in league[a] with foreigners.

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  1. 2:6 Or They teem, or They partner; Hb obscure

The Day of the Lord

You, Lord, have abandoned(A) your people,
    the descendants of Jacob.(B)
They are full of superstitions from the East;
    they practice divination(C) like the Philistines(D)
    and embrace(E) pagan customs.(F)

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Pagan Religion Denounced

But come here,
you witch’s sons,
offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute![a]

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  1. 57:3 Lit and she acted as a prostitute

“But you—come here, you children of a sorceress,(A)
    you offspring of adulterers(B) and prostitutes!(C)

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So you should not listen to your prophets, diviners,(A) dreamers, fortune-tellers,(B) or sorcerers(C) who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’

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So do not listen to your prophets,(A) your diviners,(B) your interpreters of dreams,(C) your mediums(D) or your sorcerers(E) who tell you, ‘You will not serve(F) the king of Babylon.’

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