Deuteronomy 18:10 - Easy To Read Version

¹⁰ Don’t sacrifice your sons or daughters in the fires on your altars. [117] Don’t try to learn what will happen in the future by talking to a fortune teller or by going to a magician, a witch or a sorcerer.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or who uses divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,

Common English Bible

¹⁰ There must not be anyone among you who passes his son or daughter through fire; who practices divination, is a sign reader, fortune-teller, sorcerer,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his son or daughter by leading them through fire, nor one who consults seers, nor one who observes dreams or omens. Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁰ Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens. Neither let there be any wizard,

Deuteronomy 18:10 Tagairtí Cros

Genesis 44:5

My master drinks from that cup and he uses it to learn secret things. What you did was wrong!’”

2 Kings 16:3

Ahaz lived like the kings of Israel. He even sacrificed his son in fire. [187] He copied the terrible sins of the nations that the Lord forced to leave the country at the time the Israelites came.

2 Kings 17:15

The people refused the Lord’s laws and his Agreement that he made with their ancestors. They refused to listen to the Lord’s warnings. They worshiped idols [208] that were worth nothing and they themselves became worth nothing. They lived like the people in the nations around them. They did those bad things. And the Lord had warned the people of Israel. The Lord told them not to do those bad things.

2 Kings 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They used magic and witchcraft [211] to try to learn the future. They sold themselves to do what the Lord said was evil. They did this to make the Lord angry.

2 Kings 21:6

Manasseh sacrificed his own son and burned him on the altar. [255] Manasseh used different ways of trying to know the future. He visited mediums [256] and wizards. [257]

2 Kings 23:24

Josiah destroyed the mediums, [304] wizards, [305] the house gods, the idols, [306] and all the horrible things people worshiped in Judah and Jerusalem. Josiah did this to obey the Law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the Lord’s temple. [307]

1 Chronicles 10:13

Saul died because he was not faithful to the Lord. Saul did not obey the Lord’s word. Saul also went to a medium {\cf2\super [108]} and asked her for advice

2 Chronicles 28:3

Ahaz burned incense {\cf2\super [318]} in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. {\cf2\super [319]} He sacrificed {\cf2\super [320]} his own sons by burning them in the fire. He did the same terrible sins that the peoples living in that land did. The Lord had forced those people out when the people of Israel entered that land.

2 Chronicles 33:6

Manasseh also burned his own children for a sacrifice {\cf2\super [403]} in the Valley of Ben Hinnom. {\cf2\super [404]} Manasseh also used magic by doing soothsaying, divination, and sorcery. {\cf2\super [405]} He talked with mediums {\cf2\super [406]} and wizards. {\cf2\super [407]} Manasseh did many things that the Lord said was wrong, and this made the Lord angry.

Exodus 22:17

If the father refuses to allow his daughter to marry him, then the man must still pay the money. He must pay the full amount for her.

Exodus 22:18

“You must not allow any woman to do evil magic. If she does magic, then you must not let her live.

Isaiah 47:13

You have many, many advisers.\par Are you tired of the advice they give?\par Then send out your men that read\par the stars.\par They are able to tell when the month starts.\par So maybe they can tell you\par when your troubles will come.\par

Jeremiah 27:10

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.

Jeremiah 27:9

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.”

Jeremiah 32:35

“In the Valley of Ben Hinnom, {\cf2\super [272]} those people built high places {\cf2\super [273]} to the false god Baal. {\cf2\super [274]} They built those worship places so that they could burn their sons and daughters as child sacrifices. I never commanded them to do such a terrible thing. I never even thought the people of Judah would do such a terrible thing.

Leviticus 19:26

“You must not eat any meat with blood still in it.

Leviticus 19:31

“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!

Leviticus 20:6

“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.

Micah 5:12

You will no longer try to do magic.\par You will not have any more people that try to tell the future.\par

Malachi 3:5

Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.

Acts 19:19

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]}

Acts 8:9

But there was a man named Simon in that city. Before Philip came there, Simon used his power to do magic and he amazed all the people of Samaria. Simon boasted and called himself a great man.

Galatians 5:20

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,

Deuteronomy 12:31

Don’t do that to the Lord your God! {Don’t worship God like that! Why?} Because those people do all kinds of bad things that the Lord hates. They even burn their children as sacrifices to their gods!

1 Samuel 15:23

Refusing to obey is as bad as the sin of sorcery. [139] Being stubborn and doing what you want is like the sin of worshiping idols. You refused to obey the Lord’s command. For this reason, the Lord now refuses to accept you as king.”

1 Samuel 28:3

After Samuel died, all the people of Israel showed their sadness. Then they buried Samuel in Ramah, his home town.

1 Samuel 28:7

Finally, Saul said to his officers, “Find me a woman who is a medium. [209] Then I can go ask her what will happen {in this war}.”

1 Samuel 28:8

Saul put on different clothes so no one would know who he was. That night Saul and two of his men went to see the woman. Saul said {to the woman}, “I want you to bring up a ghost who can tell me what will happen in the future. You must call for the ghost of the person I name.”

1 Samuel 28:9

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.”