Leviticus 19:31
19:30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD.Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
KJV
“‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your God.
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.
Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. ¶
What does Leviticus 19:31 mean?
Leviticus 19:31 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include פָּנָה (pânâh), אוֹב (ʼôwb), בָּקַשׁ (bâqash).
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And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
1 Samuel 28:3Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.
1 Samuel 28:9And 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?
2 Chronicles 33:6And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Kings 21:6And 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 the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
2 Kings 23:24Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. images: or, teraphim
Deuteronomy 18:11Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Isaiah 19:3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. fail: Heb. be emptied destroy: Heb. swallow up
Frequently asked questions
What does Leviticus 19:31 say?
Leviticus 19:31 (King James Version) reads: "Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God."
Is Leviticus 19:31 in the Old or New Testament?
Leviticus 19:31 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.
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