Familiar Spirits
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Isaiah 8:19
And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead?
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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.
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Leviticus 20:27
A man also or woman that has a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be on them.
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Leviticus 20:6
And the soul that turns 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.
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Exodus 22:18
You shall not suffer a witch to live.
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Deuteronomy 18:10
There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch.
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Deuteronomy 18:11
Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
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Isaiah 19:3
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the middle 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.
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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 worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
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Acts 16:16
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:
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The Unclean Spirits.
... They practised divination in divers ways, but usually admitted their dependence
on familiar spirits,"the spirits of the departed,"demons. ...
/.../bliss/a brief commentary on the apocalypse/the unclean spirits.htm

Spiritualism.
... But the "familiar spirits," as these visitants from other worlds were called, are
declared by the Bible to be the "spirits of devils."(988) The work of dealing ...
/.../white/the great controversy between christ and satan /34 spiritualism.htm

Can Our Dead Speak to Us?
... But the "familiar spirits," as these visitants from other worlds were called, are
declared by the Bible to be "the spirits of devils." (Compare Numbers 25:1-3 ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/white/the great controversy/chapter 34 can our dead.htm

The Unity of God
... If the Lord Jehovah be the only true God, it reproves those who renounce the true
God, I mean such as seek to familiar spirits, which is too much practised ...
//christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/11 the unity of god.htm

Witnessing in Power.
... There is another passage which reads, "And when they shall say unto you, seek unto
them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep and mutter ...
//christianbookshelf.org/moody/secret power/witnessing in power.htm

Prophets and the Prophet
... enchanter, or a witch, 11. Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits,
or a wizard, or a necromancer.12. For all that do these ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture f/prophets and the prophet.htm

Reformation Lessons
... King Josiah's destruction of the idols, and the temples of the false gods, and driving
out the wizards and workers with familiar spirits, were to them a ...
/.../kingsley/all saints day and other sermons/sermon xxxii reformation lessons.htm

Search the Scriptures
... We find that in Isaiah's time they went to strange places; for he says in the 19th
verse, that they sought unto familiar spirits, unto wizards that did peep ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/search the scriptures.htm

Doctrines of Carpocrates.
... 3. They practise also magical arts and incantations; philters, also, and love-potions;
and have recourse to familiar spirits, dream-sending demons, and other ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxv doctrines of carpocrates.htm

And Still Continuing a Little Confused, and not Taking Care to See ...
... observing that this was contrary to their law, which said to them who practised
such observances: "Regard not them which have familiar spirits, [4093] neither ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter ix and still continuing.htm

Resources
What are spirit guides? Should Christians consult spirit guides? | GotQuestions.org

What is cultural translation? Is cultural translation needed to properly understand the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What is a medium? | GotQuestions.org

Familiar: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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