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Leviticus 19

Lev. 19:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Regard
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
u not them that have familiar spirits
'owb (Hebrew #178)
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
KJV usage: bottle, familiar spirit.
Pronounce: obe
Origin: from the same as 1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name)
, neither seek
baqash (Hebrew #1245)
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
KJV usage: ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).
Pronounce: baw-kash'
Origin: a primitive root
after wizards
yidd`oniy (Hebrew #3049)
properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
KJV usage: wizard.
Pronounce: yid-deh-o-nee'
Origin: from 3045
, to be defiled
tame' (Hebrew #2930)
to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
KJV usage: defile (self), pollute (self), be (make, make self, pronounce) unclean, X utterly.
Pronounce: taw-may'
Origin: a primitive root
by them: I am the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
your God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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Lev. 19:26• 26Ye shall not eat [anything] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury. (Lev. 19:26)
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Lev. 20:6‑7,27• 6And the soul that turneth to necromancers and to soothsayers, to go a whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I [am] Jehovah, your God.
27{i}And if there be a man or a woman in whom is a spirit of Python or of divination, they shall certainly be put to death: they shall stone them with stones; their blood is upon them.{/i}
(Lev. 20:6‑7,27)
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Ex. 22:18• 18{i}—Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.{/i} (Ex. 22:18)
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Deut. 18:10‑14• 10{i}There shall not be found among you he that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, that useth divination, that useth auguries, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,{/i}
11{i}or a charmer, or one that inquireth of a spirit of Python, or a soothsayer, or one that consulteth the dead{/i}.
12For all that do these things are an abomination unto Jehovah: and because of these abominations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God.
14For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee so to do.
(Deut. 18:10‑14)
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1 Sam. 28:3,7‑9• 3Now Samuel was dead, {i}and all Israel had lamented him, and they had buried him in Ramah, even in his own city{/i}. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
7{i}Then said Saul to his servants{/i}, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. {i}And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman who has a spirit of Python at En-dor.{/i}
8And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee.
9And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die?
(1 Sam. 28:3,7‑9)
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2 Kings 17:17• 17{i}and they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i} (2 Kings 17:17)
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2 Kings 21:6• 6And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of Jehovah to provoke him to anger. (2 Kings 21:6)
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1 Chron. 10:13• 13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against Jehovah, even against the word of Jehovah, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it. (1 Chron. 10:13)
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2 Chron. 33:6• 6{i}He also caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom; and he used magic and divination and sorcery, and appointed necromancers and soothsayers: he wrought evil beyond measure in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.{/i} (2 Chron. 33:6)
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Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living [should they seek] unto the dead. (Isa. 8:19)
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Isa. 29:4• 4And thou shalt be brought low, thou shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall come low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. (Isa. 29:4)
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Isa. 47:13• 13Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [the things] that shall come upon thee. (Isa. 47:13)
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Acts 8:11• 11And they gave heed to him, because a long time he had amazed them with his magic arts. (Acts 8:11)
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Acts 13:6‑8• 6And having gone through the whole island unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a Jewish false prophet whose name [was] Bar-Jesus,
7who was with the pro-consul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called to [him] Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.
8But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name interpreted) opposed them, seeking to turn away the pro-consul from the faith.
(Acts 13:6‑8)
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Acts 16:16‑18• 16And it came to pass as we were going unto prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of Python met us, who brought her masters much gain by divinations.
17She, having followed Paul and us, cried, saying, These men are bondmen of the most high God, who announce to you salvation's way.
18And this she did for many days. But Paul being distressed, turned and said to the spirit, I charge thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And it came out the same hour.
(Acts 16:16‑18)
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Acts 19:19‑20• 19And not a few of those that practiced curious arts brought their books and burnt [them] before all. And they summed up the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
20So with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed.
(Acts 19:19‑20)
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Gal. 5:20• 20idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, strifes, jealousies, bursts of passion, contentions, divisions, parties, (Gal. 5:20)
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Rev. 21:8• 8But for the cowardly and faithless and abominable and murderers and fornicators and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part {i}shall be{/i} in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death. (Rev. 21:8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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—Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God.

W. Kelly Translation

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Turn ye not to those that have familiar spirits, nor to the wizards; seek them not to be defiled by them: I [am] Jehovah, your God.