Deuteronomy 18:11

KJV1611 – Modern English

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

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  • Lev 19:31 : 31 Do not turn to those who have familiar spirits, nor seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
  • 1 Sam 28:11-14 : 11 Then the woman said, Whom shall I bring up for you? And he said, Bring up Samuel for me. 12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice, and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul. 13 And the king said to her, Do not be afraid. What do you see? And the woman said to Saul, I see gods ascending out of the earth. 14 And he said to her, What form does he have? And she said, An old man comes up, and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground.

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    12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you.

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    31 Do not turn to those who have familiar spirits, nor seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.

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    27 A man or woman who has a familiar spirit, or who is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.

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    19 And when they say to you, Seek those who have familiar spirits, and wizards that whisper and mutter: should not a people seek their God? for the living to the dead?

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