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Don`t turn to those who have familiar spirits, nor to the wizards; don`t seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am Yahweh your God.
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Understanding the Forbidden Arts
Commentators explain that 'familiar spirits' likely referred to mediums who practiced ventriloquism, making it seem as if a spirit spoke from within their body (the Hebrew word is linked to 'bottles' or vessels). 'Wizards' were 'cunning men' who claimed to tell fortunes. This command forbids seeking supernatural knowledge from any source other than God.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The devotion of faith, which manifests itself in obedience to the commandment to keep God’s Sabbaths and to reverence His sanctuary ([Reference Lev…
19th Century
Anglican
Regard not. —Better, Turn ye not unto, as the Authorised Version renders this very phrase in Leviticus 19:4.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Regard not them that have familiar spirits The word used signifies "bottles", and that sort of diviners here intended go …
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