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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 13:3,6

EFFECTED 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 16:16

THOSE 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 8:19

A 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

• 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

The Jews prone to—2Ki 17:17; Isa 2:6