Familiar Spirits & Sorcery
Leviticus 19:31 — ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar
spirits; do not seek after them, to be defiled by them: I am
the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:6 — ‘And the person who turns to mediums and
familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My
face against that person and cut him off from his people.
Leviticus 20:27 — ‘A man or a woman who is a medium, or
who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they
shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon
them.’ ”
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 — There shall not be found among you
anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the
fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a
soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one
who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who
calls up the dead. 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.
Isaiah 8:19-20 — And when they say to you, “Seek those
who are mediums and wizards, who whisper and mutter,” should not
a people seek their God? Should they seek the dead
on behalf of the living? To the law and to the testimony! If
they do not speak according to this word, it is because
there is no light in them.
1 Chronicles 10:13-14 — So Saul died for his
unfaithfulness which he had committed against the
Lord, because he
did not keep the word of the
Lord, and also
because he consulted a medium for guidance. But he did
not inquire of the Lord;
therefore He killed him, and turned the kingdom over to David
the son of Jesse.
Leviticus 19:26 — ‘You shall not eat anything with
the blood, nor shall you practice divination or soothsaying.
Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near you for judgment; I
will be a swift witness Against sorcerers, Against adulterers,
Against perjurers, Against those who exploit wage earners and
widows and orphans, And against those who turn away an alien—
Because they do not fear Me,” Says the
Lord of hosts.
See:
Necromancy, Occult & Witchcraft