Deuteronomy 18:9-14

Common English Bible

Communicating with God

⁹ Once you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t try to imitate the detestable things those nations do. ¹⁰ There must not be anyone among you who passes his son or daughter through fire; who practices divination, is a sign reader, fortune-teller, sorcerer, ¹¹ or spell caster; who converses with ghosts or spirits or communicates with the dead. ¹² All who do these things are detestable to the Lord! It is on account of these detestable practices that the Lord your God is driving these nations^[a] out before you.

¹³ Instead, you must be perfect before the Lord your God. ¹⁴ These nations you are displacing listened to sign readers and diviners, but the Lord your God doesn’t permit you to do the same!