The Law given to Moses declared that “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... is something detestable to Jehovah. ” — Deuteronomy 18: 10 - 12.
וחובר חבר, ושואל אוב וידעוני... תועבת יהוה כל עושה אלה ” (‏ דברים י ” ח: 10 – 12‏) .‏