Leviticus 19:31 (GNV)

Passage

Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:29 Thou shalt not make thy daughter common, to cause her to be a whore, least the lande also fall to whoredome, and the lande bee full of wickednesse.

Leviticus 19:30 Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence my Sanctuarie: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:31 Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites, neither soothsayers: ye shall not seeke to them to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 19:32 Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.

Leviticus 19:33 And if a stranger soiourne with thee in your lande, ye shall not vexe him.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "Spirit", "shall", "regarde", "worke", "spirites", "neither", "soothsayers", and "seeke". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "Spirit" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 30's "Ye shall keepe my Sabbaths and reuerence..." into verse 32's "Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead...", so "Spirit" and "shall" 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 "Spirit" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.