Deuteronomy 18:9-14

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Occult Practices

⁹When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, do not learn to imitate^(A) the detestable ways^(B) of the nations there. ¹⁰Let no one be found among you who sacrifices their son or daughter in the fire,^(C) who practices divination^(D) or sorcery,^(E) interprets omens, engages in witchcraft,^(F) ¹¹or casts spells,^(G) or who is a medium or spiritist^(H) or who consults the dead. ¹²Anyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord; because of these same detestable practices the Lord your God will drive out those nations before you.^(I) ¹³You must be blameless^(J) before the Lord your God.^(K)

The Prophet

¹⁴The nations you will dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery or divination.^(L) But as for you, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do so.

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Deuteronomy 18:9-14

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Detestable Practices

⁹“When you enter the land that the Lord your God is about to give you, don’t learn the detestable practices of those nations there. ¹⁰There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices^[a] his son or daughter in fire, practices divination, interprets omens, practices sorcery, ¹¹casts spells, or who is a medium, an occultist, or a necromancer. ¹²Whoever practices these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God will expel them before you because of these things. ¹³You must be completely faithful to the Lord your God, ¹⁴because those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and divination. But the Lord does not allow you to act this way.”