Deuteronomy 18:14Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012You will go in and take the land from nations that practise magic and witchcraft. But the LORD your God won't allow you to do those things. See the chapter |
and even set up the pole for Asherah there. Manasseh practised magic and witchcraft; he asked fortune-tellers for advice and sacrificed his own son. He did many sinful things and made the LORD very angry. Years ago the LORD had told David and his son Solomon: Jerusalem is the place I prefer above all others in Israel. It belongs to me, and there I will be worshipped for ever.