Deuteronomy 18:10

or. Note the Figure of speech Paradiastole. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

To pass through the fire - i. e., to Moloch; compare the Leviticus 20:2 note. That useth divination - Compare Numbers 23:23 note. Obse...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to (e) pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an ob...
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 oracle...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. There shall not be found among you. This horrible and altogether monstrous infatuation, whereby the Gentiles had been possessed, afterwa...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 observ...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 10. Or that useth divination — The Hebrew is קסמים קסם kesem kesamim, divining divinations; which may signify, either divination by lots,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
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 .
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pass through the fire ] The context here seems to imply that this was a method of divining or obtaining an oracle from a god: cp. on Leviticus 18:2...
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.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

To pass through the fire. — See Leviticus 18:21 . Useth divination — ( Numbers 22:7 ), possibly by sacrifices. Observer of times. — This is...
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 S...
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 serv...
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...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There shall not be found among you anyone that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire ,.... To Moloch, which was a sort of lustrati...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 observ...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

That maketh his son or daughter pass through the fire By a superstitious dedicating, or a cruel sacrificing of them, see on Leviticus 18:21 . Tha...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Idolatrous Customs of the Canaanites. B. C. 1451....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

To pass through the fire; either by a superstitious lustration or purgation, or by a cruel sacrificing of them. See Leviticus 18:21 2 Kings 17:...
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...
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 privileg...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES . THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED . PROPHE...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Warning Against Heathen Abominations
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, as the worshipers of Moloch, or Molech, did,...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 10:13 ; 1 Samuel 28:3 ; 1 Samuel 28:7 ; 1 Samuel 28:9 ; 2 Chronicles 28:3 ; 2 Chronicles 33:6 ; 2 Kings 16:3 ; 2 Kings 17:17 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Useth divination — Foretelleth things secret or to come, by unlawful arts and practices. An observer of times — Superstitiously pronouncing some da...

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,

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 18:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 18:10