Occult Practices versus Prophetic Revelation

“When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable customs of those nations.(A) 10 No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,[a](B) practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, 11 cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead.(C) 12 Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts. 13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:10 Lit to make his son or daughter pass through the fire

Spiritism Forbidden

“When you enter the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to [a](A)imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone (B)who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a (C)soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11 or one who casts a spell, (D)or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead. 12 For whoever does these things is detestable to the Lord; and (E)because of these detestable things the Lord your God is going to drive them out before you. 13 (F)You are to be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 For these nations, which you are going to dispossess, listen to (G)soothsayers and diviners, but as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:9 Lit do as