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Do not go into a trance to foresee events, etc

Commandment 61ProhibitionParashat ShoftimIdolatry and Gentile Customs

Scripture

"There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

Hebrew

י לֹא-יִמָּצֵא בְךָ, מַעֲבִיר בְּנוֹ-וּבִתּוֹ בָּאֵשׁ, קֹסֵם קְסָמִים, מְעוֹנֵן וּמְנַחֵשׁ וּמְכַשֵּׁף.

Greek

10 οὐχ εὑρεθήσεται ἐν σοὶ περικαθαίρων τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἢ τὴν θυγατέρα αὐτοῦ ἐν πυρί, μαντευόμενος μαντείαν, κληδονιζόμενος καὶ οἰωνιζόμενος, φαρμακός,

Classification

  • Parashah: Shoftim
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 510
  • Mishneh Torah: Knowledge — Idolatry and Gentile Customs

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.