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

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.

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

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.

or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who consults the dead.

Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.

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

For all that do these things are an abomination unto the Lord : and because of these abominations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee.

"You are to be blameless before the LORD your God.

Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.

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

For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the Lord thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.