Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is an abomination to LORD. And because of these abominations LORD thy God drives them out from before thee.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11or a charmer, or a medium, or a spiritist, or a necromancer.
13Thou shall be perfect with LORD thy God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:27(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and the land is defiled),
Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, do thou go in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations LORD thy God drives them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which LO
2 Kings 23:24Moreover Josiah put away the psychics, and the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of the law which were written i
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:10-15
Idolatrous Customs of the Canaanites. ( b. c. 1451.) 9 When thou art come into the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all that do these things are an abomination… Read the whole commentary →