Leviticus 19:31
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31 “Do not turn to mediums[a](A) or consult spiritists,[b](B) or you will be defiled by them; I am the Lord your God.
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Leviticus 20:6
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6 “Whoever turns to mediums[a](A) or spiritists[b] and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.
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Leviticus 20:27
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27 “A man or a woman who is[a] a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their death is their own fault.”
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- 20:27 Lit is in them
Numbers 22:7
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7 The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination(A) in hand.(B) They came to Balaam and reported Balak’s words to him.
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Numbers 23:23
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23 There is no magic curse against Jacob
and no divination against Israel.
It will now be said about Jacob and Israel,
“What great things God has done!”
1 Samuel 28:3
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3 By this time Samuel had died,(A) all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his city,(B) and Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.(C)
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2 Kings 23:24
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24 In addition, Josiah eradicated the mediums, the spiritists,(A) household idols,(B) images, and all the abhorrent things(C) that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that the priest Hilkiah found in the Lord’s temple.(D)
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2 Chronicles 33:6
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6 He passed his sons through the fire in Ben Hinnom Valley.(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a huge amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, angering him.
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Isaiah 2:6
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Isaiah 8:19
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19 When they say to you, “Inquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,”(A) shouldn’t a people inquire of their God?[a] Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?(B)
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- 8:19 Or gods
Jeremiah 14:14
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14 But the Lord said to me, “These prophets are prophesying a lie in my name. I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, worthless divination, the deceit(A) of their own minds.(B)
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Ezekiel 13:7
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7 Didn’t you see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you proclaimed, “This is the Lord’s declaration,” even though I had not spoken?
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Ezekiel 21:21
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21 For the king of Babylon stands at the split in the road, at the fork of the two roads, to practice divination: he shakes the arrows, consults the idols, and observes the liver.
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Micah 3:11
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11 Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe,(A)
her priests teach for payment,(B)
and her prophets practice divination for silver.
Yet they lean on the Lord, saying,
“Isn’t the Lord(C) among us?
No disaster will overtake us.”
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