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Should anyone turn to ghosts and spirits and prostitute oneself with them,(A) I will turn against that person and cut such a one off from among the people.

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“‘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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27 A man or a woman who acts as a medium or clairvoyant(A) shall be put to death. They shall be stoned to death; their bloodguilt is upon them.

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27 “‘A man or woman who is a medium(A) or spiritist among you must be put to death.(B) You are to stone them;(C) their blood will be on their own heads.’”

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11 or who casts spells, consults ghosts and spirits, or seeks oracles from the dead.

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11 or casts spells,(A) or who is a medium or spiritist(B) or who consults the dead.

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19 And when they say to you, “Inquire of ghosts and soothsayers who chirp and mutter;[a](A) should not a people inquire of their gods, consulting the dead on behalf of the living,

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Footnotes

  1. 8:19 Chirp and mutter: a mocking reference to necromancers.

The Darkness Turns to Light

19 When someone tells you to consult(A) mediums and spiritists,(B) who whisper and mutter,(C) should not a people inquire(D) of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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