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Deuteronomy 18:9-12
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Deuteronomy 18:9-12
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Avoid Wicked Customs
9 “When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not learn to follow the [a]abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter (B)pass[b] through the fire, (C)or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 (D)or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or (E)one who calls up the dead. 12 For all who do these things are [c]an abomination to the Lord, and (F)because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you.
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- Deuteronomy 18:9 detestable acts
- Deuteronomy 18:10 Be burned as an offering to an idol
- Deuteronomy 18:12 detestable
Deuteronomy 18:9-12
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Deuteronomy 18:9-12
New International Version
Occult Practices
9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate(A) the detestable ways(B) of the nations there. 10 Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,(C) who practices divination(D) or sorcery,(E) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,(F) 11 or casts spells,(G) or who is a medium or spiritist(H) or who consults the dead. 12 Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.(I)
Deuteronomy 18:9-12
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Deuteronomy 18:9-12
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9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
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.
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
12 For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord: and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
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Deuteronomy 18:9-12
English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 18:9-12
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Abominable Practices
9 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, (A)you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone (B)who burns his son or his daughter as an offering,[a] anyone who (C)practices divination or (D)tells fortunes or interprets omens, or (E)a sorcerer 11 or a charmer or (F)a medium or a necromancer or (G)one who inquires of the dead, 12 (H)for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And (I)because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
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- Deuteronomy 18:10 Hebrew makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire
2 Chronicles 28:3
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2 Chronicles 28:3
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3 He burned incense in (A)the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, and burned (B)his children in the (C)fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the Lord had (D)cast out before the children of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 28:3
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2 Chronicles 28:3
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3 He burned sacrifices in the Valley of Ben Hinnom(A) and sacrificed his children(B) in the fire, engaging in the detestable(C) practices of the nations the Lord had driven out before the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 28:3
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2 Chronicles 28:3
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3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 28:3
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2 Chronicles 28:3
English Standard Version
3 and (A)he made offerings in the (B)Valley of the Son of Hinnom and (C)burned his sons as an offering,[a] according to (D)the abominations of the nations whom the Lord drove out before the people of Israel.
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- 2 Chronicles 28:3 Hebrew made his sons pass through the fire
Jeremiah 15:4
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Jeremiah 15:4
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4 I will hand them over to (A)trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of (B)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 15:4
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Jeremiah 15:4
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4 I will make them abhorrent(A) to all the kingdoms of the earth(B) because of what Manasseh(C) son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 15:4
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Jeremiah 15:4
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4 And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 15:4
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Jeremiah 15:4
English Standard Version
4 (A)And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what (B)Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
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