Leviticus 19:31 (DBY)

Passage

Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:29 Do not profane thy daughter, to give her up to whoredom; lest the land practise whoredom, and the land become full of infamy.

Leviticus 19:30 My sabbaths shall ye keep, and my sanctuary shall ye reverence: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:31 Turn not unto necromancers and unto soothsayers; seek not after them to make yourselves unclean: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:32 Before the hoary head thou shalt rise up, and shalt honour the face of an old man; and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 19:33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not molest him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "turn", "necromancers", "soothsayers", "seek", "after", "make", "yourselves", and "unclean". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "turn" and "necromancers", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "My sabbaths shall ye keep and my..." into verse 32's "Before the hoary head thou shalt rise...", so "turn" and "necromancers" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "turn" and "necromancers" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.