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Deuteronomy 18:11

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18:11one who casts spells,17 one who conjures up spirits,18 a practitioner of the occult,19 or a necromancer.20

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  1. 17 Heb “a binder of binding” (חֹבֵר חָבֶר, khover khaver). The connotation is that of immobilizing (“binding”) someone or something by the use of magical words (cf. Ps 58:6; Isa 47:9, 12).
  2. 18 Heb “asker of a [dead] spirit” (שֹׁאֵל אוֹב, sho’el ’ov). This is a form of necromancy (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6; 1 Sam 28:8, 9; Isa 8:19; 19:3; 29:4).
  3. 19 Heb “a knowing [or “familiar”] [spirit]” (יִדְּעֹנִי, yiddé’oniy), i.e., one who is expert in mantic arts (cf. Lev 19:31; 20:6, 27; 1 Sam 28:3, 9; 2 Kgs 21:6; Isa 8:19; 19:3).
  4. 20 Heb “a seeker of the dead.” This is much the same as “one who conjures up spirits” (cf. 1 Sam 28:6–7).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

or casts spells, or who is a medium or spiritist or who consults the dead.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead.

NLTNew Living Translation

or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

or one who casts magic spells, or one who consults a spirit of the dead, or spiritist, or one who inquires of the dead.

KJV 1900King James Version

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.