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Leviticus 20:6
And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. (Leviticus 20:6)
Familiar spirits.
 Those who sought in any way to contact the spirits or communicate with the dead were punished likewise (v. 27). As the death penalty is not mentioned in v. 6, it is supposed that in some cases it was left to the decision of the judges, according to the gravity of the offense. According to v. 27, the ordinary penalty was death. On the meaning of the term see on ch. 19:31.