Deuteronomy 18:9-14

International Children’s Bible

Do Not Follow Other Nations

⁹ You will enter the land the Lord your God is giving you. But don’t learn to do the terrible things the other nations do. ¹⁰ Don’t let anyone among you offer his son or daughter as a sacrifice in the fire. Don’t let anyone use magic or witchcraft. No one should try to explain the meaning of signs. ¹¹ Don’t let anyone try to control others with magic. Don’t let them be mediums or try to talk with the spirits of dead people. ¹² The Lord hates anyone who does these things. The other nations do these things. That is why the Lord your God will force them out of the land ahead of you. ¹³ You must be innocent in the presence of the Lord your God.

The Lord’s Special Prophet

¹⁴ The nations you will force out listen to people who use magic and witchcraft. But the Lord your God will not let you do those things.