Magicians חַרְטֹם

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · May 3, 2025 · 5m

We are in chapter 41 of Genesis with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible in our chapter. חַרְטֹם engraver, writer, sacred scribes, soothsayer-priest, magicians, sorcerer. It is used 11 times in the Old Testament. Our word is used to describe a special group of people in both Egyptian and Babylonian cultures. Daniel 1:1-6, 20 Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring into the king’s service some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility…He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians…In every matter of wisdom…