1 Samuel 28:11-14
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 c...
Concerning the Prophet. The Israelites are to consult Yahweh through His accredited messenger the prophet, and not through diviners who seek oracle...
familiar spirits. See note on Leviticus 19:31 . necromancer . a seeker unto the dead;. medium.
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...
Ver. 11. Or a charmer — in the Hebrew חבר חבר chober chober, jungens junctionem. The word חבר chober, says Parkhurst, signifies to charm,...
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Or a charmer, х wªchober ( H2266 ) chaaber ( H226...
The Priestly Dues. Character and Work of the True Prophet 1-8. The Priestly dues: see on Numbers 18 .
Charmer ] one who ties knots , weaves magic spells and curses. Consuiter with familiar spirits, or a wizard ] lit. 'one who consults a ghost or fa...
(9-14) Certain forms of idolatry to be avoided, especially unlawful means of communication with the unseen world.
Charmer. — Literally one who ties knots, used here for the first time in Old Testament. Consulter with familiar spirits. — Literally, one who...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Or a charmer ,.... That pretends to cure diseases by charms, or a charmer of serpents; according to Jarchi, one that gathers together serpents and s...
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...
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 s...
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...
Idolatrous Customs of the Canaanites. B. C. 1451....
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 c...
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...
CRITICAL NOTES .—After speaking of the rulers of the people, Moses now mentions the teachers priests, Levites, and prophets; and what their privileg...
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...
EXPOSITION RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES . THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED . PROPHE...
Warning Against Heathen Abominations
or a charmer, a magician, or a consulter with familiar spirits, one who has power over spirits and inquires of them, or a wizard, a man with all...
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 t...
11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.