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Divination
An abominable practice - 1Sa 15:23
All who practised it, abominable - De 18:12
PRACTISED BY
- Diviners
- De 18:14- Enchanters
- De 18:10; Jer 27:9- Witches
- Ex 22:18; De 18:10- Charmers
- De 18:11- Wizards
- De 18:11; 1Sa 28:3- Consulters of familiar spirits
- De 18:11- Magicians
- Ge 41:8; Da 4:7- Astrologers
- Isa 47:13; Da 4:7- Sorcerers
- Jer 27:9; Ac 13:6,8- Necromancers
- De 18:11- Soothsayers
- Isa 2:6; Da 2:27- False prophets
- Jer 14:14; Eze 13:3,6EFFECTED THROUGH
- Enchantments
- Ex 7:11; Nu 24:1- Sorcery
- Isa 47:12; Ac 8:11- Observing times
- 2Ki 21:6- Observing heavenly bodies
- Isa 37:13- Raising the dead
- 1Sa 28:11,12- Inspecting the inside of beasts
- Eze 21:21- The flight of arrows
- Eze 21:21,22- Cups
- Ge 44:2,5- Rods
- Ho 4:12- Dreams
- Jer 29:8; Zec 10:2- Connected with idolatry
- 2Ch 33:5,6- Books of, numerous and expensive
- Ac 19:19- A lucrative employment
- Nu 22:7; Ac 16:16THOSE WHO PRACTISED
- Regarded as wise men
- Da 2:12,27- Regarded with awe
- Ac 8:9,11- Consulted in difficulties
- Da 2:2; 4:6,7- Used mysterious words and gestures
- Isa 8:19A system of fraud - Eze 13:6,7; Jer 29:8
Frustrated by God - Isa 44:25
Could not injure the Lord's people - Nu 23:23
THE LAW
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- Forbade to the Israelites the practice of
- Le 19:26; De 18:10,11- Forbade seeking to
- Le 19:31; De 18:14- Punished with death those who used
- Ex 22:18; Le 20:27- Punished those who sought to
- Le 20:6