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