"You shall not allow a sorceressto live.
"Then the spiritof the Egyptianswill be demoralizedwithinthem; And I will confoundtheir strategy,So that they will resortto idolsand ghostsof the deadAnd to mediumsand spiritists.
"For they prophesya lieto you in orderto removeyou farfrom your land;and I will driveyou out and you will perish.
"But as for you, do not listento your prophets,your diviners,your dreamers,your soothsayersor your sorcererswhospeakto you, saying,'You will not servethe kingof Babylon.'
Also you shall not haveintercoursewith anyanimalto be defiledwith it, norshall anywomanstandbeforean animalto matewith it; it is a perversion.
You shall not eat[anything] with the blood,norpracticedivinationor soothsaying.
Do not turnto mediumsor spiritists;do not seekthem out to be defiledby them. I am the LORDyour God.
Now a manora womanwho is a mediumora spiritistshall surelybe putto death.They shall be stonedwith stones,their bloodguiltinessis upon them.'"
As for the personwhoturnsto mediumsand to spiritists,to playthe harlotafterthem, I will also setMy faceagainst that personand will cuthim offfrom amonghis people.
And manyof thosewho practicedmagicbroughttheir bookstogetherand [began] burningthem in the sightof everyone;and they countedup the priceof them and foundit fiftythousandpieces of silver.
idolatry,sorcery,enmities,strife,jealousy,outbursts of anger,disputes,dissensions,factions,
Cursedis he who lieswith anyanimal.'And allthe peopleshall say,'Amen.'
Outsideare the dogsand the sorcerersand the immoral personsand the murderersand the idolaters,and everyonewho lovesand practiceslying.
Now Samuelwas dead,and allIsraelhad lamentedhim and buriedhim in Ramah,his own city.And Saulhad removedfrom the landthose who were mediumsand spiritists.
But the womansaidto him, "Behold,you knowwhatSaulhas done,howhe has cutoffthose who are mediumsand spiritistsfrom the land.Whyare you then layinga snarefor my lifeto bringabout my death?"
