Leviticus 19:31
Don't try and find help from mediums or spiritists—don't even go looking for them, otherwise they will corrupt you. I am the Lord your God.
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30Keep my Sabbaths and show respect for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.
32Stand up and be respectful of older people. Show reverence for your God. I am the Lord.
Cross References
Leviticus 19:3Show respect for your mother and father, and keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:6I will also disown and expel from their people anyone who goes to mediums or spiritists and in this way commits spiritual prostitution with them.
Deuteronomy 18:10No one is to sacrifice their son or daughter in the fire, practice divination or fortune-telling, use magic or sorcery,
1 Samuel 28:7So Saul told his officers, “Find me a woman who is a medium so I can go and ask her advice.” “There's a woman who is a medium at Endor,” his officers replied.
2 Kings 21:6He even he sacrificed his own son as a burnt offering, and used fortune-telling and witchcraft, and he dealt with mediums and with spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord's sight, making the Lord angry.
2 Chronicles 33:6He sacrificed his children by burning them to death in the Valley of Ben-hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and visited mediums and spiritists. He did a great deal of evil in the Lord's sight, making him angry.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:31-37
Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the Lord . 31 Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God. 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the Lord . 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love… Read the whole commentary →