leviticus 19:31 regard not them that have familiar spirits neither seek after wizards to be defiled by them i am the lord your god

Leviticus 19:31

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— ‘Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— —Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Do not turn unto mediums, Nor, for oracles, make search, To render yourselves unclean with them, I—Yahweh, am your God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 'Ye do not turn unto those having familiar spirits; and unto wizards ye do not seek, for uncleanness by them; I [am] Jehovah your God.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Go not aside after wizards: neither ask any thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lorde your God.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Regard not them that haue familiar spirits, neither seeke after Wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] the LORD your God.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— You shall not go after diviners, neither after the soothsayers, nor shall you consult them to be defiled by them; I am the LORD your God.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Ye shall not attend to those who have in them divining spirits, nor attach yourselves to enchanters, to pollute yourselves with them: I am the Lord your God.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I [am] Yahweh your Elohim.

Regard 6437

{6437} Prime
פָּנָה
panah
{paw-naw'}

A primitive root; to turn; by implication to face, that is, appear, look, etc.

z8799

<8799> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885

not x408

(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}

A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.

them that have familiar spirits, 178

{0178} Prime
אוֹב
'owb
{obe}

From the same as H0001 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name); properly a mumble, that is, a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar).

neither x408

(0408) Complement
אַל
'al
{al}

A negative particle (akin to H3808); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing.

seek 1245

{1245} Prime
בּקשׁ
baqash
{baw-kash'}

A primitive root; to search out (by any method; specifically in worship or prayer); by implication to strive after.

z8762

<8762> Grammar

Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447

after x413

(0413) Complement
אֵל
'el
{ale}

(Used only in the shortened constructive form (the second form)); a primitive particle, properly denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, that is, near, with or among; often in general, to.

wizards, 3049

{3049} Prime
יִדְּעֹנִי
yidd@`oniy
{yid-deh-o-nee'}

From H3045; properly a knowing one; specifically a conjurer; (by implication) a ghost.

to be defiled 2930

{2930} Prime
טָמֵא
tame'
{taw-may'}

A primitive root; to be foul, especially in a ceremonial or moral sense (contaminated).

z8800

<8800> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Infinitive (See H8812)
Count - 4888

by them: I x589

(0589) Complement
אֲנִי
'aniy
{an-ee'}

Contracted from H0595; I.

[am] Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068

{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}

From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.

your ´Élöhîm אֱלֹהִים. 430

{0430} Prime
אֱלֹהִים
'elohiym
{el-o-heem'}

Plural of H0433; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative.

Leviticus 19:31

_ _ Regard not them that have familiar spirits — The Hebrew word, rendered “familiar spirit,” signifies the belly, and sometimes a leathern bottle, from its similarity to the belly. It was applied in the sense of this passage to ventriloquists, who pretended to have communication with the invisible world. The Hebrews were strictly forbidden to consult them as the vain but high pretensions of those impostors were derogatory to the honor of God and subversive of their covenant relations with Him as His people.

_ _ neither seek after wizards — fortunetellers, who pretended, as the Hebrew word indicates, to prognosticate by palmistry (or an inspection of the lines of the hand) the future fate of those who applied to them.

See commentary on Leviticus 19:30-37.

Leviticus 19:31

Wizards — Them that have entered into covenant with the devil, by whose help they foretel many things to come, and acquaint men with secret things. See Leviticus 20:27; Deuteronomy 18:11; 1 Samuel 28:3, 1 Samuel 28:7, 1 Samuel 28:9; 2 Kings 21:6.

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Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat [any thing] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times.

Leviticus 20:6-7 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. ... Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I [am] the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20:27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood [shall be] upon them.

Exodus 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.

Deuteronomy 18:10-14 There shall not be found among you [any one] that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, [or] that useth divination, [or] an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, ... For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so [to do].

1 Samuel 28:3 Now 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 28:7-9 Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and enquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. ... And 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 Kings 17:17 And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.

2 Kings 21:6 And 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.

1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, [even] against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking [counsel] of [one that had] a familiar spirit, to enquire [of it];

2 Chronicles 33:6 And 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.

Isaiah 8:19 And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?

Isaiah 29:4 And thou shalt be brought down, [and] shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.

Isaiah 47:13 Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from [these things] that shall come upon thee.

Acts 8:11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

Acts 13:6-8 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [was] Barjesus: ... But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.

Acts 16:16-18 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: ... And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.

Acts 19:19-20 Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all [men]: and they counted the price of them, and found [it] fifty thousand [pieces] of silver. ... So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.

Galatians 5:20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Revelation 21:8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Ex 22:18. Lv 19:26; 20:6, 27. Dt 18:10. 1S 28:3, 7. 2K 17:17; 21:6. 1Ch 10:13. 2Ch 33:6. Is 8:19; 29:4; 47:13. Ac 8:11; 13:6; 16:16; 19:19. Ga 5:20. Rv 21:8.