³¹ “Do not turn to mediums^[a](A) or consult spiritists,^[b](B) or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.

²⁷ A man or a woman who is^[a] a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their blood is on their own hands.”^[b]

Further Zeal for the Lord

²⁴ In addition, Josiah removed the mediums, the spiritists,^(A) household idols,^(B) images, and all the detestable things^(C) that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this in order to carry out the words of the law that were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the Lord’s temple.^(D)