In the instructions given to the nation, God had said to them: “There should not be found in you... anyone who employs divination, a practicer of magic or anyone who looks for omens or a sorcerer, or... a professional foreteller of events. ” — Deuteronomy 18: 10, 11.
भावी कहनेवाला, वा शुभ अशुभ मुहूर्त्तों का माननेवाला, वा टोन्हा, वा तान्त्रिक, वा बाजीगर, वा ओझों से पूछनेवाला ” हो । — व्यवस्थाविवरण १८: १०, ११.