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A Ban on Illicit Spirituality
Commentators explain that this verse lists various ways people sought supernatural power or knowledge apart from God. This includes "charmers" (who enchant animals or people), "consulters with familiar spirits" (mediums), "wizards" (who claim secret knowledge), and "necromancers" (who attempt to contact the dead). The list is a comprehensive prohibition against all such occult practices.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 18:11
18th Century
Theologian
A charmer – that is, one who fascinates and subdues noxious animals or people, such as the famous serpent-charmers of the East ([Reference P…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 18:11
19th Century
Bishop
Charmer. —Literally one who ties knots, used here for the first time in the Old Testament.
Consulter with …
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 18:11
17th Century
Pastor
Or a charmer
That pretends to cure diseases by charms, or a charmer of serpents; according to Jarchi, one that gathers togethe…
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 18:9–14
17th Century
Minister
Was it possible that a people so blessed with Divine institutions could ever be in any danger of making those whom God had made their captives thei…