Exodus 22:18

The Message

“Don’t let a sorceress live.

Cross References

Jeremiah 27:9

“‘So don’t for a minute listen to all your prophets and spiritualists and fortunetellers, who claim to know the future and who tell you not to give in to the king of Babylon. They’re handing you a line of lies, barefaced lies, that will end up putting you in exile far from home. I myself will drive you out of your lands, and that’ll be the end of you. But the nation that accepts the yoke of the king of Babylon and does what he says, I’ll let that nation stay right where it is, minding its own business.’”

Leviticus 18:23

“Don’t have sex with an animal and violate yourself by it. “A woman must not have sex with an animal. That is perverse.

Leviticus 19:26

“Don’t eat meat with blood in it. “Don’t practice divination or sorcery.

Leviticus 19:31

“Don’t dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums; you’ll pollute your souls. I am God, your God.

Leviticus 20:27

“A man or woman who is a medium or sorcerer among you must be put to death. You must kill them by stoning. They’re responsible for their own deaths.”

Leviticus 20:6

“I will resolutely reject persons who dabble in the occult or traffic with mediums, prostituting themselves in their practices. I will cut them off from their people.

1 Samuel 28:3

Samuel was now dead. All Israel had mourned his death and buried him in Ramah, his hometown. Saul had long since cleaned out all those who held séances with the dead.

1 Samuel 28:9

The woman said, “Just hold on now! You know what Saul did, how he swept the country clean of mediums. Why are you trying to trap me and get me killed?”