{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H7081",
  "lemma": "קֶסֶם",
  "transliteration": "qeçem",
  "definition": "a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle",
  "kjv": "(reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7080",
      "lemma": "קָסַם",
      "transliteration": "qâçam",
      "meaning": "to distribute",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7080"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "קֶ֫סֶם n.[m.] divination",
    "1. of the nations",
    "2. of false prophet",
    "3. in good sense"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 22:7",
      "text": "The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/22?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 23:23",
      "text": "Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/23?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 18:10",
      "text": "There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one who uses…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/18?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 15:23",
      "text": "For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 17:17",
      "text": "They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, used divination and enchantments, and sold…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 14:14",
      "text": "Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 13:6",
      "text": "They have seen falsehood and lying divination, who say, ‘The LORD says;’ but the LORD has not sent them. They have made…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/13?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 13:23",
      "text": "Therefore you shall no more see false visions nor practice divination. I will deliver my people out of your hand. Then…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/13?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 21:26",
      "text": "For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination. He shook the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=26"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 21:27",
      "text": "In his right hand was the lot for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/21?v=27"
    }
  ],
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}