²⁷ But Laban said to him, ‘If I have found favour with you, stay. I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me because of you.’

¹⁵ ‘What have you done? ’ Joseph said to them. ‘Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination? ’

²⁶ ‘You are not to eat anything with blood in it.^[a](A) You are not to practise divination^(B) or witchcraft.^(C)

¹⁰ No one among you is to sacrifice his son or daughter in the fire,^[a](A) practise divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practise sorcery, ¹¹ cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or enquire of the dead.^{(B) 12} Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts. ¹³ You must be blameless before the Lord your God. ¹⁴ Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this.