- An abominable practice 1Sa 15:23
- All who practised it, abominable De 18:12
- PRACTISED BY
- Diviners De 18:14
- Enchanters De 18:10; Jer 27:9
- Witches Ex 22:18; De 18:10
- Charmers De 18:11
- Wizards De 18:11; 1Sa 28:3
- Consulters of familiar spirits De 18:11
- Magicians Ge 41:8; Da 4:7
- Astrologers Isa 47:13; Da 4:7
- Sorcerers Jer 27:9; Ac 13:6,8
- Necromancers De 18:11
- Soothsayers Isa 2:6; Da 2:27
- False prophets Jer 14:14; Eze 13:3,6
- EFFECTED THROUGH
- Enchantments Ex 7:11; Nu 24:1
- Sorcery Isa 47:12; Ac 8:11
- Observing times 2Ki 21:6
- Observing heavenly bodies Isa 37:13
- Raising the dead 1Sa 28:11,12
- Inspecting the inside of beasts Eze 21:21
- The flight of arrows Eze 21:21,22
- Cups Ge 44:2,5
- Rods Ho 4:12
- Dreams Jer 29:8; Zec 10:2
- Connected with idolatry 2Ch 33:5,6
- Books of, numerous and expensive Ac 19:19
- A lucrative employment Nu 22:7; Ac 16:16
- THOSE WHO PRACTISED
- Regarded as wise men Da 2:12,27
- Regarded with awe Ac 8:9,11
- Consulted in difficulties Da 2:2; 4:6,7
- Used mysterious words and gestures Isa 8:19
- A system of fraud Eze 13:6,7; Jer 29:8
- Frustrated by God Isa 44:25
- Could not injure the Lord's people Nu 23:23
- THE LAW
- Forbade to the Israelites the practice of Le 19:26; De 18:10,11
- Forbade seeking to Le 19:31; De 18:14
- Punished with death those who used Ex 22:18; Le 20:27
- Punished those who sought to Le 20:6
- The Jews prone to 2Ki 17:17; Isa 2:6
The New Topical Text Book
Divination
The New Topical Text Book, R. A. Torrey (1897). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.