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Divination

 

Divination

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

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