Ulangan 1:35
Konteks1:35 “Not a single person 1 of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!
Ulangan 18:11
Konteks18:11 one who casts spells, 2 one who conjures up spirits, 3 a practitioner of the occult, 4 or a necromancer. 5
Ulangan 25:15
Konteks25:15 You must have an accurate and correct 6 stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you.
[1:35] 1 tn Heb “Not a man among these men.”
[18:11] 2 tn 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).
[18:11] 3 tn 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).
[18:11] 4 tn Heb “a knowing [or “familiar”] [spirit]” (יִדְּעֹנִי, yiddÿ’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).
[18:11] 5 tn Heb “a seeker of the dead.” This is much the same as “one who conjures up spirits” (cf. 1 Sam 28:6-7).