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³¹Do not turn aside to astrologers, nor consult with soothsayers, so as to be polluted through them. I am the Lord your God.

²⁷A man or a woman, in whom there is an oracle-like or a divining spirit, shall be put to death. They shall stone them. So let their blood be upon them.

⁶The soul who will have turned aside to astrologers and soothsayers, and who will have fornicated with them, I will set my face against him, and I will destroy him from the midst of his people.

¹⁰Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his son or daughter by leading them through fire, nor one who consults seers, nor one who observes dreams or omens. Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult,

¹And when they had drawn near to Jerusalem, and had arrived at Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, ²saying to them: “Go into the town that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Release them, and lead them to me. ³And if anyone will have said anything to you, say that the Lord has need of them. And he will promptly dismiss them.” ⁴Now all this was done in order to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet, saying, ⁵“Tell the daughter of Zion: Behold, your king comes to you meekly, sitting on a donkey and on a colt, the son of one accustomed to the yoke.” ⁶Then the disciples, going out, did just as Jesus instructed them.

⁹Rejoice well, daughter of Zion, shout for joy, daughter of Jerusalem. Behold, your King will come to you: the Just One, the Savior. He is poor and riding upon a donkey, and upon a colt, the son of a donkey.

¹⁹And though they say to you, “Seek from seers and diviners,” they who hiss in their incantations, should not the people seek from their God, for the sake of the living, and not from the dead?

¹²Then, on the next day, the great crowd that had come to the feast day, when they had heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, ¹³took branches of palm trees, and they went ahead to meet him. And they were crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!” ¹⁴And Jesus found a small donkey, and he sat upon it, just as it is written: ¹⁵“Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion. Behold, your king arrives, sitting on the colt of a donkey.” ¹⁶At first, his disciples did not realize these things. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him, and that these things happened to him. ¹⁷And so the crowd that had been with him, when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead, offered testimony.

¹³took branches of palm trees, and they went ahead to meet him. And they were crying out: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who arrives in the name of the Lord, the king of Israel!”

¹⁰Do not let there be found among you one who would purify his son or daughter by leading them through fire, nor one who consults seers, nor one who observes dreams or omens. Do not let there be found among you one who practices the occult, ¹¹nor one who uses spells, nor one who consults demonic spirits, nor a diviner, nor one who seeks the truth from the dead. ¹²For the Lord abominates all these things. And, because of these wicked ways, he will destroy them at your arrival.

¹And as they were approaching Jerusalem and Bethania, toward the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, ²and he said to them: “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately upon entering there, you will find a colt tied, on which no man has yet sat. Release him and bring him. ³And if anyone will say to you: ‘What are you doing?’ Say that the Lord has need of him. And he will immediately send him here.” ⁴And going out, they found the colt tied before the outer gate, at the meeting of two ways. And they untied him. ⁵And some of those who were standing there said to them, “What are you doing by releasing the colt?” ⁶And they spoke to them just as Jesus had instructed them. And they permitted them.

⁶And he led his son through fire. And he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed soothsayers, and multiplied diviners, so that he did evil before the Lord, and provoked him.