Leviticus 19:31
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31 “Do not turn to mediums and spiritualists; do not seek them out, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.(A)
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Deuteronomy 18:10
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10 No one shall be found among you who makes a son or daughter pass through fire, or who practices divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer,(A)
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Deuteronomy 18:11
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11 or one who casts spells, or who consults ghosts or spirits, or who seeks oracles from the dead.
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1 Samuel 7:17
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17 Then he would come back to Ramah, for his home was there; he administered justice there to Israel and built there an altar to the Lord.(A)
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1 Samuel 15:23
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23 For rebellion is no less a sin than divination,
and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has also rejected you from being king.”(A)
1 Samuel 25:1
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Death of Samuel
25 Now Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned for him. They buried him at his home in Ramah.
Then David got up and went down to the wilderness of Paran.(A)
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