Leviticus 19:26

Ye shall eat nothing with the blood thereof,—Ye shall not practise divination neither shall ye use magic.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

In Context

25And in the fifth year, shall ye eat the fruit thereof, that it may enrich you with its increase,—I—Yahweh, am your God.

27Ye shall not shave in a circle around your head,—nor shalt thou disfigure the fringe of thy beard.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:11Then called Pharaoh also for the wise men and for the magicians,—and they too, the sacred scribes of Egypt with their secret arts, did in like manner;

Leviticus 3:17An age-abiding statute to your generations, in all your dwellings,—none of the fat nor of the blood, shall ye eat.

Leviticus 17:10And, what man soever, there may be of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners that sojourn in their midst, that partaketh of any manner of blood, then will I set my face against the person that partaketh of the blood, and will cut him off from the midst of his people.

Deuteronomy 18:10There shall not be found in thy midst—One who causeth his son or his daughter to pass through fire,—Or who useth divination, hidden arts or enchantments Or who muttereth incantations;

1 Samuel 15:23For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,—and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,—Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.

2 Kings 21:6and caused his son to pass through the fire, and practised hidden arts and used divination, and dealt with a familiar spirit and wizards,—he exceeded in doing the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh, provoking [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 →

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