Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Living Bible

⁹ “When you arrive in the Promised Land you must be very careful lest you be corrupted by the horrible customs of the nations now living there. ¹⁰ For example, any Israeli who presents his child to be burned to death as a sacrifice to heathen gods must be killed.^[a] No Israeli may practice black magic, or call on the evil spirits for aid, or be a fortune-teller, ¹¹ or be a serpent charmer, medium, or wizard, or call forth the spirits of the dead. ¹² Anyone doing these things is an object of horror and disgust to the Lord, and it is because the nations do these things that the Lord your God will displace them. ¹³ You must walk blamelessly before the Lord your God. ¹⁴ The nations you replace all do these evil things, but the Lord your God will not permit you to do such things.