‘As for the person who turns to [a](A)mediums and to spiritists, to play the prostitute with them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

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  1. Leviticus 20:6 Or ghosts and spirits

“‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.(A)

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And (A)he made his son pass through the fire, (B)interpreted signs, practiced divination, and used mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger.

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He sacrificed his own son(A) in the fire, practiced divination,(B) sought omens, and consulted mediums and spiritists.(C) He did much evil in the eyes of the Lord, arousing(D) his anger.

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24 Moreover, Josiah removed (A)the mediums, the spiritists, the [a](B)household idols, (C)the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, (D)so that he might [b]fulfill the words of the Law which were written (E)in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

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  1. 2 Kings 23:24 Heb teraphim
  2. 2 Kings 23:24 Or perform

24 Furthermore, Josiah got rid of the mediums and spiritists,(A) the household gods,(B) the idols and all the other detestable(C) things seen in Judah and Jerusalem. This he did to fulfill the requirements of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the temple of the Lord.

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Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that (A)they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead,
And to [a]mediums and spiritists.

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  1. Isaiah 19:3 Or ghosts and spirits

The Egyptians will lose heart,(A)
    and I will bring their plans(B) to nothing;(C)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(D)

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Then you will (A)be brought low;
From the earth you will speak,
And from the dust where you are prostrate
Your words will come.
Your voice will also be like that of a [a]spirit from the ground,
And your speech will whisper from the dust.

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  1. Isaiah 29:4 Or ghost

Brought low, you will speak from the ground;
    your speech will mumble(A) out of the dust.(B)
Your voice will come ghostlike(C) from the earth;
    out of the dust your speech will whisper.(D)

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12 “Persist now in your (A)spells
And in your many sorceries
With which you have labored from your youth;
Perhaps you will be able to benefit,
Perhaps you may cause trembling.
13 You are (B)wearied with your many counsels;
Let now the (C)astrologers,
Those who prophesy by the stars,
Those who predict by the new moons,
Stand up and (D)save you from what will come upon you.

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12 “Keep on, then, with your magic spells
    and with your many sorceries,(A)
    which you have labored at since childhood.
Perhaps you will succeed,
    perhaps you will cause terror.
13 All the counsel you have received has only worn you out!(B)
    Let your astrologers(C) come forward,
those stargazers who make predictions month by month,
    let them save(D) you from what is coming upon you.

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