Study Desk

"When you enter the land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not learn to ^(F1)(C1)imitate the detestable things of those nations.

"There shall not be found among you anyone ^(C1)who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, a ^(C2)soothsayer, one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

or one who casts a spell, ^(C1)or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead.

"For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and ^(C1)because of these detestable things the LORD your God is going to drive them out before you.

"^(C1)You are to be blameless before the LORD your God.

"For these nations, which you are going to dispossess, listen to ^(C1)soothsayers and diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.