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But as for you, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the LORD your God forbids you to do such things.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so <i>to do</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For these nations which you will dispossess listened to soothsayers and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not appointed such for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For these nations, which you are going to dispossess, listen to soothsayers and diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you <i>to do</i> so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you <i>to do</i> so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice soothsaying and to diviners, but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you <i>to do</i> so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For these nations which you shall dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners <i>and</i> fortune-tellers, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do this.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For these nations, that thou shalt dispossess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You will go in and take the land from nations that practice magic and witchcraft. But the LORD your God won't allow you to do those things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearken unto them that practise augury, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />These nations you are forcing out listen to fortunetellers and to those who practice black magic. But the LORD your God won't let you do anything like that.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then Moses said, "In the land you are about to occupy, people follow the advice of those who practice divination and look for omens, but the LORD your God does not allow you to do this. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />because those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and divination. But the LORD does not allow you to act this way."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the LORD your God has not given you permission to do such things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For these nations, that you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice sorcery, and to diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you so to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened to observers of times, and to diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; but as for you, Yahweh your God has not allowed you so to do. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />for these nations whom you are possessing listen to observers of clouds and to diviners; but you—your God YHWH has not permitted you so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> for these nations whom thou art possessing, unto observers of clouds, and unto diviners, do hearken; and thou -- not so hath Jehovah thy God suffered thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For these nations which thou shalt possess them, they will hear to those practicing magic, and to those divining: and thou, not thus, gave Jehovah thy God to thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />These nations, whose land thou shalt possess, hearken to soothsayers and diviners: but thou art otherwise instructed by the Lord thy God. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />These nations, whose land you shall possess, they listen to soothsayers and diviners. But you have been otherwise instructed by the Lord your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Although these nations whom you are about to dispossess listen to their soothsayers and diviners, the LORD, your God, will not permit you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Although these nations that you are about to dispossess do give heed to soothsayers and diviners, as for you, the LORD your God does not permit you to do so.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For these nations which you are to possess hearken to men with familiar spirits and diviners; but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because these nations which you are possessing are listening to demons and to fortune tellers, but LORD JEHOVAH your God has not so allowed you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For these nations, that thou art to dispossess, hearken unto soothsayers, and unto diviners; but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For all these nations whose <i>land</i> thou shalt inherit, they will listen to omens and divinations; but the Lord thy God has not permitted thee so <i>to do</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=5166" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/18.htm">Sorcery Forbidden</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">13</span>You must be blameless before the LORD your God. <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Though</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: hag·gō·w·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">nations,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3423.htm" title="3423: yō·w·rêš (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- Or yaresh; a primitive root; to occupy; by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin.">will dispossess,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: yiš·mā·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). "></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/6049.htm" title="6049: mə·‘ō·nə·nîm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; to cover; used only as a denominative from anan, to cloud over; figuratively, to act covertly, i.e. Practise magic.">conjurers</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/7080.htm" title="7080: qō·sə·mîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to distribute, i.e. Determine by lot or magical scroll; by implication, to divine.">and diviners,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">has not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nå̄·ṯan (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">permitted you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: ḵên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so.">to do so.</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Leviticus 19:31</a></span><br />You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19</a></span><br />When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/28-7.htm">1 Samuel 28:7-8</a></span><br />Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied. / So Saul disguised himself by putting on different clothes, and he set out with two of his men. They came to the woman at night, and Saul said, “Consult a spirit for me. Bring up for me the one I name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">2 Kings 21:6</a></span><br />He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/33-6.htm">2 Chronicles 33:6</a></span><br />He sacrificed his sons in the fire in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Jeremiah 27:9-10</a></span><br />But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’ / For they prophesy to you a lie that will serve to remove you from your land; I will banish you and you will perish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Micah 5:12</a></span><br />I will cut the sorceries from your hand, and you will have no fortune-tellers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-16.htm">Acts 16:16-18</a></span><br />One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling. / This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!” / She continued this for many days. Eventually Paul grew so aggravated that he turned and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” And the spirit left her at that very moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a></span><br />The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-8.htm">Revelation 21:8</a></span><br />But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-20.htm">1 Corinthians 10:20-21</a></span><br />No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons. / You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-14.htm">2 Corinthians 6:14-17</a></span><br />Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? / What harmony is there between Christ and Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? / What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-11.htm">Ephesians 5:11-12</a></span><br />Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. / For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-8.htm">Colossians 2:8</a></span><br />See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/4-1.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a></span><br />Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to observers of times, and to diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not suffered you so to do.</p><p class="hdg">possess.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Deuteronomy 18:10</a></b></br> There shall not be found among you <i>any one</i> that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, <i>or</i> that useth divination, <i>or</i> an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/20-6.htm">Genesis 20:6</a></b></br> And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/147-19.htm">Psalm 147:19,20</a></b></br> He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Allowed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Arts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-4.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Augury</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Divination</a> <a href="/zechariah/10-2.htm">Diviners</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-12.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/10-10.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-10.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-12.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Observers</a> <a href="/exodus/19-13.htm">Permitted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/17-14.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/leviticus/20-8.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-29.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/micah/5-12.htm">Readers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-11.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-31.htm">Soothsayers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Sorcery</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Times</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-8.htm">Use</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-11.htm">Using</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-10.htm">Witchcraft</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/22-3.htm">Allowed</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-2.htm">Arts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-18.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Augury</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Dispossess</a> <a href="/joshua/13-22.htm">Divination</a> <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Diviners</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-14.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-1.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/psalms/31-6.htm">Observers</a> <a href="/judges/15-1.htm">Permitted</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-2.htm">Possess</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-13.htm">Practice</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">Practise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-9.htm">Readers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-15.htm">Secret</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-15.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/judges/9-37.htm">Soothsayers</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">Sorcery</a> <a href="/judges/1-34.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-14.htm">Times</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-6.htm">Use</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-7.htm">Using</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">Witchcraft</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">The LORD is the priests and Levites' inheritance</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">The priests' due</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-6.htm">The Levites' portion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-9.htm">The abominations of the nations are to be avoided</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-15.htm">Christ the Prophet is to be heard</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-20.htm">The presumptuous prophet is to die</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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These nations were known for their idolatrous practices and reliance on occult activities. The term "dispossess" indicates God's judgment on these nations and His intention to give their land to Israel. This reflects the fulfillment of God's promise to Abraham regarding the land (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>).<p><b>listen to conjurers and diviners,</b><br>Conjurers and diviners were practitioners of the occult, seeking to predict the future or gain insight through supernatural means. Such practices were common in ancient Near Eastern cultures, including the Canaanites. The Bible consistently condemns these practices (<a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Leviticus 19:26, 31</a>; 20:6) as they are seen as attempts to bypass God's sovereignty and seek guidance apart from Him.<p><b>the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.</b><br>God's prohibition against engaging in occult practices underscores His desire for Israel to be distinct and holy, set apart from the surrounding nations. This command is part of the broader Mosaic Law, which emphasizes reliance on God alone for guidance and wisdom (<a href="/isaiah/8-19.htm">Isaiah 8:19-20</a>). The prohibition also points to the need for a relationship with God based on trust and obedience, rather than fear and manipulation. This anticipates the coming of Jesus Christ, who is the ultimate revelation and source of divine wisdom (<a href="/hebrews/1.htm">Hebrews 1:1-2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations_to_be_dispossessed.htm">Nations to be Dispossessed</a></b><br>These are the pagan nations inhabiting the Promised Land before the Israelites' conquest. They practiced divination and sorcery, which were common in their religious and cultural practices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/c/conjurers_and_diviners.htm">Conjurers and Diviners</a></b><br>Individuals in ancient cultures who claimed to communicate with the spiritual realm to predict the future or gain hidden knowledge. These practices were prevalent among the nations surrounding Israel.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who commands His people to avoid the practices of divination and sorcery, emphasizing His sovereignty and the need for His people to trust in Him alone.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are being instructed by Moses in Deuteronomy to live according to God's laws as they prepare to enter the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader and prophet of Israel, delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites in the book of Deuteronomy.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God alone is sovereign and knows the future. Believers are called to trust in His plans and timing rather than seeking forbidden knowledge.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/avoidance_of_occult_practices.htm">Avoidance of Occult Practices</a></b><br>Christians are to avoid any form of occult practices, including modern equivalents like astrology or psychic readings, as these are contrary to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seek_guidance_from_scripture.htm">Seek Guidance from Scripture</a></b><br>The Bible is the primary source of guidance for believers. Regular study and meditation on God's Word help us discern His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_holy_spirit.htm">The Role of the Holy Spirit</a></b><br>Believers have the Holy Spirit, who guides and teaches us in truth. We should rely on the Spirit's leading rather than seeking supernatural guidance from other sources.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/cultural_discernment.htm">Cultural Discernment</a></b><br>In a world where occult practices are often normalized, Christians must exercise discernment and uphold biblical standards in their choices and influences.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/deut._9_4-5__just_or_unjust_god.htm">Deuteronomy 9:4-5 - Does the text's justification for driving out other nations align with moral standards or does it conflict with the idea of a just God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_renew_israel's_covenant.htm">How can God renew a covenant with Israel in Jeremiah 3:1-8 despite Deuteronomy 24:1-4 forbidding reunions after divorce?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_romans_12_14_align_with_ot_warfare.htm">In Romans 12:14, how does 'blessing those who persecute you' align with Old Testament passages that command warfare or retribution?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_a_nation_for_one_king's_acts.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 28:19 say God directly punishes an entire nation for one king's actions?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(14) <span class= "bld">The Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.</span>--More literally, <span class= "ital">As for thee, not so hath Jehovah thy God given unto thee. A prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me, will Jehovah thy God raise up unto thee. Him shall ye hear. </span>The contrast between the miserable resources of idolatrous nations in their anxiety, and the light and comfort promised to Israel and to us, in the One Mediator, is very marked here. Even Israel was better off than the heathen. As Rashi says upon the words "not so," &c., "He hath not left thee to hearken to observers of times and enchanters; for behold He hath given Shechinah to rest upon the prophets, and Urim and Thummim."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 14.</span> - Though the heathen whose land they were to possess sought to diviners and enchanters, Israel was not to do so; as for them (the <span class="hebrew">אַתָּה</span> at the beginning of the clause is an emphatic nominative), Jehovah their God had not suffered (<span class="hebrew">נָתַן</span>, given, granted, allowed) them to do such things. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Though</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י ׀</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֵ֗לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nations</span><br /><span class="heb">הַגּוֹיִ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(hag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall dispossess</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹרֵ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·rêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3423.htm">Strong's 3423: </a> </span><span class="str2">To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">listen</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׁמָ֑עוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiš·mā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">conjurers</span><br /><span class="heb">מְעֹנְנִ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘ō·nə·nîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6049.htm">Strong's 6049: </a> </span><span class="str2">To act covertly, practise magic</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and diviners,</span><br /><span class="heb">קֹסְמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(qō·sə·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7080.htm">Strong's 7080: </a> </span><span class="str2">To distribute, determine by lot, magical scroll, to divine</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">permitted you</span><br /><span class="heb">נָ֛תַן‪‬‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to do so.</span><br /><span class="heb">כֵ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(ḵên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3651.htm">Strong's 3651: </a> </span><span class="str2">So -- thus</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">Deuteronomy 18:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/18-14.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 18:14 For these nations that you shall dispossess (Deut. 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