Leviticus 19:26
Ye shall not eat any thing with the dahm; neither shall ye practice divination, nor practice sorcery.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.
In Context
27Ye shall not cut the edge of your scalp, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.
Cross References
Exodus 7:11Then Pharaoh also called the chachamim and the mechashefim: now the charetumei Mitzrayim, they also did in like manner with their secret lore.
Leviticus 3:17It shall be a chukkat olam for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither chelev (fat) nor dahm (blood).
Leviticus 17:10And whatsoever man there be of Bais Yisroel, or of the ger that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of dahm; I will even set My face against that nefesh that eateth dahm, and will cut it off + 17:10 See Dan 9:26 from among its people.
Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his ben or his bat to pass through the eish + 18:10 i.e., be burned as an idolʼs offering or kosem kesamim (a diviner of divination) or a m'onen (soothsayer, astrologer), or a m'nachesh (one who interprets omens), or a mekhashshef (witch).
1 Samuel 15:23For meri (rebellion) is as the chattat (sin) of kesem (witchcraft, soothsaying, divination), 1 and stubbornness is as heathenish iniquity and idolatry. 1 Because thou hast rejected the Devar Hashem, 1 He hath also rejected thee from being Melech.
2 Kings 21:6And he made bno pass through the eish, and practiced sorcery, and witchcraft, and dealt with familiar spirits + 21:6 i.e., he consulted mediums and spiritists; he wrought much rah in the eyes of Hashem, to provoke Him to anger.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 19:20-30
19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee. 20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the Lord , unto the door of the tabernacle of… Read the whole commentary →