26 “You are not to eat anything with blood in it.[a](A) You are not to practice divination(B) or sorcery.(C)

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  1. Leviticus 19:26 Or [anything] over its blood

10 No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire,[a](A) practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery, 11 cast spells, consult a medium or a familiar spirit, or inquire of the dead.(B) 12 Everyone who does these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable things. 13 You must be blameless before the Lord your God. 14 Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.

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  1. Deuteronomy 18:10 Either a Canaanite cult practice or child sacrifice

He made his son pass through the fire,(A) practiced witchcraft and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a great amount of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.(C)

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He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Hinnom.(A) He practiced witchcraft, divination, and sorcery, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(B) He did a great deal of evil in the Lord’s sight, provoking Him.

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But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, diviners,(A) dreamers, fortune-tellers,(B) or sorcerers(C) who say to you, ‘Don’t serve the king of Babylon!’

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12 I will remove sorceries from your hands,(A)
and you will not have any more fortune-tellers.

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