Deuteronomy 18:12
For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
13Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.
Cross References
Leviticus 18:27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;)
Deuteronomy 9:5Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
2 Kings 23:24Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD.
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 →