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Deuteronomy 18:11
casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.
from Sorcery Forbidden, Deuteronomy 18:9-14
What it says

Israel must not cast spells, consult a medium or spiritist, or inquire of the dead.

What it is doing

It completes the list of banned practices involving hidden power and forbidden contact.

In context

9When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not imitate the detestable ways of the nations there. 10Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery, 11casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead. 12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you. 13You must be blameless before the LORD your God. 14Though these nations, which you will dispossess, listen to conjurers and diviners, the LORD your God has not permitted you to do so.