SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:14
Porque estos gentiles que has de heredar, a agoreros y hechiceros oyen; mas tú, no así te ha instruido el SEÑOR tu Dios.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 14. For those nations which thou shall possess hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners , etc.] Such as are before mentioned, and did as they directed them: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do ; or, “but thou not so” thou shouldest not do so, not hearken to such persons, but to the Lord thy God, and to his law and testimony; nor art thou left to the deception of such persons: the Lord thy God hath given thee : his word and statutes, as a rule to go by, which he has not given to other nations: the Targum of Jonathan adds, “the priests shall ask by Urim and Thummim, and a true prophet shall the Lord your God give unto you;” so that they had no need to hearken to such impostors and deceivers: or, “as for thee, not so are they whom the Lord thy God giveth thee ” f223 ; that is, the prophets whom the Lord would give unto them would not be like the diviners of the Heathens, who imposed on the people and deceived them; but would be men sent and inspired by God, and true and faithful in the discharge of their office; and to hearken to these they are encouraged by the promise of a very eminent one, like to Moses, in the next verse.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 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 man like cautions, they are charged not to do after the abominations of the nations of Canaan. All reckoning of lucky or unlucky days, all charm 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 ther 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.
Original Hebrew
כי 3588 הגוים 1471 האלה 428 אשׁר 834 אתה 859 יורשׁ 3423 אותם 853 אל 413 מעננים 6049 ואל 413 קסמים 7080 ישׁמעו 8085 ואתה 859 לא 3808 כן 3651 נתן 5414 לך יהוה 3068 אלהיך׃ 430
