Bible Handbook

Ancient Spiritualism

• Exodus 7:11-13. Sorcerers (spiritualist mediums) influenced Pharaoh. BHB 106.12

• Leviticus 19:31; 20:6, 27; Exodus 22:18; Deuteronomy 18:10-12. Spiritualist mediums, anciently called witches and wizards, were an abomination. The Great Controversy, 556. BHB 106.13

• 2 Kings 1:1-4. Consulted in case of sickness. Testimonies for the Church 5:191-199. BHB 106.14

• 1 Samuel 28:8, 11. Familiar spirits profess to be spirits of dead people. BHB 106.15

• 1 Chronicles 10:13. Saul’s crowning sin was consulting familiar spirits. BHB 107.1

• 2 Chronicles 33:1-6. Manasseh dealt with familiar spirits. BHB 107.2

• 2 Kings 17:17, 18. Israel went into captivity because they “used divinations and enchantments.” BHB 107.3

• Deuteronomy 18:9-14; 2 Kings 17:15-18. The heathen nations were spiritualists; they dealt with familiar spirits. BHB 107.4

• 2 Kings 17:16, 17. Spiritualism always connected with Baal-or sun-worship. BHB 107.5

• Deuteronomy 32:17; Psalm 106:37; Leviticus 17:7. The heathen Baal-worship was devil-worship. This was the principal adversary against the cause of God until about the sixth century A.D. BHB 107.6

• Genesis 3:1-6. The first spiritualist medium was the serpent. The devil spoke directly through the serpent. BHB 107.7

• Isaiah 8:19, 20. When asked to consult with familiar spirits, turn to the law and to the testimony. BHB 107.8