Deuteronomy 18:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. ”

• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  A charmer - i. e., one who fascinates and subdues noxious animals or men, such as the famous serpent-charmers of the East Psalms 58:4-5 . A consulter with familiar spirits ... a wizard - Com...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Concerning the Prophet. The Israelites are to consult Yahweh through His accredited messenger the prophet, and not through diviners who seek oracles by heathen methods. There is no parallel law in...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  familiar spirits. See note on Leviticus 19:31 . necromancer . a seeker unto the dead;. medium.

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. A charmer - חבר חבר chober chaber, one who uses spells; a peculiar conjunction, as the term implies, of words, or th...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 11. Or a charmer — in the Hebrew חבר חבר chober chober, jungens junctionem. The word חבר chober, says Parkhurst, signifies to charm, or, by pretended incantations, to collect serpe...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Or a charmer, х wªchober ( H2266 ) chaaber ( H2267 )] - a binder with magic knots or spells (cf. P...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Priestly Dues. Character and Work of the True Prophet 1-8. The Priestly dues: see on Numbers 18 .

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  (9-14) Certain forms of idolatry to be avoided, especially unlawful means of communication with the unseen world.

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  SPEAKERS FOR GOD - III. THE PROPHET Deuteronomy 18:9-22 . THE third of the Divine voices to this nation was the prophet. Just as in the other Semitic nations round about Israel there were kings...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Prophet Who Was to Come Deuteronomy 18:1-22 Those that serve the altar may live by the altar. Let us not forget the needs of those who serve us in holy things. It is a blessed thing when an...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In dealing with the priest who was already found among the people by the appointment of God, the fact that he was to have no inheritance in the land was restated. Then a special provision was made fo...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It is wonderful to observe, how much Moses was led to speak to the people against the idolatry of the neighboring nations around them. As if the LORD meant to convey by the frequency of his precepts...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Or a charmer ,.... That pretends to cure diseases by charms, or a charmer of serpents; according to Jarchi, one that gathers together serpents and scorpions, and other animals, into one place; with...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Ver. 11. Or a necromancer. ] Bellarmine and other Papists play the necromancers, when they would prove a Purgator...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Or a charmer One that charmeth serpents or other creatures. Or rather, as the Hebrew חבר חבר, chober chaber , seems to mean, an astrologer , or such as, by the conjunction of the planets, pretend...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  PRIESTS AND LEVITES: THEIR DUE (vs.1-8) The proper support of the priests and Levites is again insisted on. Since they were given no inheritance in the land, and were separated to care for the in...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Idolatrous Customs of the Canaanites. B. C. 1451.       9 When thou art come into the land w...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  A charmer; one that charmeth serpents or other cattle, Psalms 58:5 ; or, a fortune-teller, that foretelleth the events of men's lives by the conjunctions of the stars, &c. See Poole on "...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Association With The Occult Is Banned ( Deuteronomy 18:9-14 ). The nations in the land into which they were about to enter practised all kinds of abominations, things that were hateful to Yahweh....

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—After speaking of the rulers of the people, Moses now mentions the teachers priests, Levites, and prophets; and what their privileges and position must be in their settlement in Can...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 18:1 . They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire. The sin- offerings, except the skin and the fat, which were burnt on the altar. The ecclesiastics having relinquished the...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES . THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED . PROPHETS PROMISED WHOM ISRAEL MUST HEAR . THE...

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Warning Against Heathen Abominations

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 28:11-14

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• Deuteronomy 18:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  A charmer — One that charmeth serpents or other cattle. Or, a fortune — teller, that foretelleth the events of men's lives by the conjunctions of the stars. Spirits — Whom they call upon by certain...

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