Deuteronomy 18: 10 - 12 states: “There should not be found in you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, or one who binds others with a spell or anyone who consults a spirit medium or a professional foreteller of events or anyone who inquires of the dead.
تذكر تثنية ١٨ :‏ ​ ١٠ -‏ ١٢‏ :‏ « لا يوجد فيك من يُمِرّ ابنه او ابنته في النار ،‏ ولا من يعرف عرافة ،‏ ولا من يتعاطى السحر ولا متفائل ولا مشعوذ ،‏ ولا من يرقي رقية ولا من يستشير وسيطا ارواحيا او متكهِّنا ولا من يسأل الموتى .‏