The people of Egypt will be confused. The people will ask their false gods and wise men what they should do. The people will ask their wizards and magicians. But their advice will be worthless.”
Exodus 22:18 - Easy To Read Version “You must not allow any woman to do evil magic. If she does magic, then you must not let her live. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition You shall not allow a woman to live who practices sorcery. American Standard Version (1901) Thou shalt not suffer a sorceress to live. Common English Bible Don’t allow a female sorcerer to live. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not permit practitioners of the black arts to live. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wizards thou shalt not suffer to live. |
The people of Egypt will be confused. The people will ask their false gods and wise men what they should do. The people will ask their wizards and magicians. But their advice will be worthless.”
But those people are telling you lies. They will only cause you to be taken far from your homeland. I will force you to leave your homes. And you will die in another land.
So don’t listen to your prophets. Don’t listen to the people that use magic to tell what will happen in the future. Don’t listen to people that say they can interpret dreams. Don’t listen to people that talk to the dead or to people that practice magic. All those people tell you, “You will not be slaves to the king of Babylon.”
“You must not have sexual relations with any animal. This will only make you filthy [330] ! Also, a woman must not have sexual relations with an animal. It is against nature!
“Don’t go to mediums [343] or wizards [344] for advice. Don’t go to them; they will only make you unclean. [345] I am the Lord your God!
“A man or a woman who is a medium [368] or a wizard, [369] must be put to death. The people must kill them with stones. They must be killed. [370] ”
“I will be against any person who goes to mediums [348] and wizards [349] for advice. That person is being unfaithful to me. So I will separate that person from his people.
Some of the believers had used magic. These believers brought their magic books and burned them before everyone. Those books were worth about 50,000 silver coins. {\cf2\super [388]}
worshiping false gods, doing witchcraft, {\cf2\super [73]} hating, making trouble, having jealousy, being very angry, being selfish, making people mad at each other, making divisions,
“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that has sexual relations with any kind of animal!’
Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.
After Samuel died, all the people of Israel showed their sadness. Then they buried Samuel in Ramah, his home town.
But the woman said to Saul, “You know what Saul did! He has forced all of the mediums [211] and fortune tellers to leave the land of Israel. You are trying to trap me and kill me.”