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He made his son to pass through the fire, and practiced sorcery, and used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger.
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A Catalog of Forbidden Sins
Commentators explain that Manasseh's evil was not vague but a list of specific occult practices explicitly forbidden in the Law of Moses (Deuteronomy 18, Leviticus 19-20). These included child sacrifice, divination through omens ('observing times'), and necromancy ('familiar spirits and wizards'). His actions were a direct and comprehensive rebellion against God's commands.
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2 Kings
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For the meaning of the phrase “passing through the fire,” see 2 Kings 16:3 and Leviticus 20:2-5.
To “observe times” was forbidde…
19th Century
Anglican
And he made his son ... —The Septuagint has his sons; as does Chronicles.
Dealt with familiar spirits ...<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he made his son pass through the fire To Molech, after the manner of the old Canaanites and Phoenicians; his son…
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