DIVINATION

DIVINATION: - An abominable practice 1Sa 15:23 - All who practised it, abominable De 18:12 - PRACTISED BY . Diviners De 18:14 . Enchanters De 18:10; Jer 27:9 . Witches Ex 22:18; De 18:10 . Charmers De 18:11 . Wizards De 18:11; 1Sa 28:3 . Consulters of familiar spirits De 18:11 . Magicians Ge 41:8; Da 4:7 . Astrologers Isa 47:13; Da 4:7 . Sorcerers Jer 27:9; Ac 13:6,8 . Necromancers De 18:11 . Soothsayers Isa 2:6; Da 2:27 . False prophets Jer 14:14; Eze 13:3,6 - EFFECTED THROUGH . Enchantments Ex 7:11; Nu 24:1 . Sorcery Isa 47:12; Ac 8:11 . Observing times 2Ki 21:6 . Observing heavenly bodies Isa 37:13 . Raising the dead 1Sa 28:11,12 . Inspecting the inside of beasts Eze 21:21 . The flight of arrows Eze 21:21,22 . Cups Ge 44:2,5 . Rods Ho 4:12 . Dreams Jer 29:8; Zec 10:2 . Connected with idolatry 2Ch 33:5,6 . Books of, numerous and expensive Ac 19:19 . A lucrative employment Nu 22:7; Ac 16:16 - THOSE WHO PRACTISED . Regarded as wise men Da 2:12,27 . Regarded with awe Ac 8:9,11 . Consulted in difficulties Da 2:2; 4:6,7 . Used mysterious words and gestures Isa 8:19 - A system of fraud Eze 13:6,7; Jer 29:8 - Frustrated by God Isa 44:25 - Could not injure the Lord's people Nu 23:23 - THE LAW . Forbade to the Israelites the practice of Le 19:26; De 18:10,11 . Forbade seeking to Le 19:31; De 18:14 . Punished with death those who used Ex 22:18; Le 20:27 . Punished those who sought to Le 20:6 - The Jews prone to 2Ki 17:17; Isa 2:6