Deuteronomy 18:9-14

International Standard Version

Detestable Practices

⁹ “When you enter the land that the Lord your God is about to give you, don’t learn the detestable practices of those nations there. ¹⁰ There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices^[a] his son or daughter in fire, practices divination, interprets omens, practices sorcery, ¹¹ casts spells, or who is a medium, an occultist, or a necromancer. ¹² Whoever practices these things is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God will expel them before you because of these things. ¹³ You must be completely faithful to the Lord your God, ¹⁴ because those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to those who practice witchcraft and divination. But the Lord does not allow you to act this way.”