And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be empty in its midst; and I will swallow its counsel. And they shall seek to idols, and to the enchanters, and to the mediums, and to the spirit-knowers.
As for you, do not listen to your prophets, or to those divining to you, or to your dreamers, or to ones conjuring to you, or to your sorcerers, those who are speaking to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon.
And you shall not give your semen with any animal, for uncleanness with it. And a woman shall not stand before an animal to lie down with it; it is a disgusting thing.
And the person turning to mediums, and to spirit-knowers, to fornicate after them, I shall set my face against that person, and cut him off from the midst of his people.
And a considerable number of the ones practicing the magical arts, bringing together the books, burned them before all. And they counted the prices of them, and found it to be fifty thousands of silver.
And Samuel was dead. And all Israel had mourned for him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his city. And Saul had taken away the mediums and spirit-knowers out of the land.
And the woman said to him, Behold, you know that which Saul has done, that he has cut off mediums, and the spirit-knowers, out of the land. And why are you laying a snare for my life, to cause me to die?