19 And when they say to you, (A)“Seek those who are mediums and wizards, (B)who whisper and mutter,” should not a people seek their God? Should they (C)seek the dead on behalf of the living?

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13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had [a]committed against the Lord, (A)because he did not keep the word of the Lord, and also because (B)he consulted a medium for guidance.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 10:13 Lit. transgressed

‘And (A)the person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

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(A)Also he caused his sons to pass through the fire in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom; he practiced (B)soothsaying, used witchcraft and sorcery, and (C)consulted mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

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28 (A)They joined themselves also to Baal of Peor,
And ate sacrifices [a]made to the dead.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 106:28 offered

31 ‘Give no regard to mediums and familiar spirits; do not seek after (A)them, to be defiled by them: I am the Lord your God.

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You shall be brought down,
You shall speak out of the ground;
Your speech shall be low, out of the dust;
Your voice shall be like a medium’s, (A)out of the ground;
And your speech shall whisper out of the dust.

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The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will (A)consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.

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11 (A)or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or (B)one who calls up the dead.

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10 But the Lord is the true God;
He is (A)the living God and the (B)everlasting King.
At His wrath the earth will tremble,
And the nations will not be able to endure His indignation.

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(A)Also he made his son pass through the fire, practiced (B)soothsaying, used witchcraft, and consulted spiritists and mediums. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger.

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So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him; and they came to the woman by night. And (A)he said, “Please conduct a séance for me, and bring up for me the one I shall name to you.”

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24 Moreover Josiah put away those who consulted mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might perform the words of (A)the law which were written in the book (B)that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the Lord.

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But the [a]angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 1:3 Or Angel

16 Then Samuel said: “So why do you ask me, seeing the Lord has departed from you and has become your enemy?

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Destructive Doctrines

But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be (A)false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.

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11 Then the woman said, “Whom shall I bring up for you?”

And he said, “Bring up Samuel for me.”

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For they themselves declare concerning us (A)what manner of entry we had to you, (B)and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

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