9 When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate the detestable ways of the nations there.
9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
9 "When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of those nations.
9 When you enter the land that God, your God, is giving you, don't take on the abominable ways of life of the nations there.
9 "When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations.
9 "When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, be very careful not to imitate the detestable customs of the nations living there.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:9
Commentary on Deuteronomy 18:9-14
(Read Deuteronomy 18:9-14)
Was it possible that a people so blessed with Divine institutions, should ever be in any danger of making those their teachers whom God had made their captives? They were in danger; therefore, after many like cautions, they are charged not to do after the abominations of the nations of Canaan. All reckoning of lucky or unlucky days, all charms for diseases, all amulets or spells to prevent evil, fortune-telling, &c. are here forbidden. These are so wicked as to be a chief cause of the rooting out of the Canaanites. It is amazing to think that there should be any pretenders of this kind in such a land, and day of light, as we live in. They are mere impostors who blind and cheat their followers.