1 Samuel 28:3

New American Standard Bible 2020

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

Cross References

Exodus 22:17

If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the dowry for virgins.

Exodus 22:18

“You shall not allow a sorceress to live.

Leviticus 19:31

‘Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 20:27

‘Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; they have brought their own deaths upon themselves.’ ”

Leviticus 20:6

‘As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the prostitute with them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

1 Samuel 15:23

“For rebellion is as reprehensible as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as reprehensible as false religion and idolatry. Since you have rejected the word of the Lord, He has also rejected you from being king.”

1 Samuel 25:1

Then Samuel died; and all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him at his house in Ramah. And David set out and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Samuel 28:9

But the woman said to him, “Behold, you know what Saul has done, that he has eliminated the mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then setting a trap for my life, to bring about my death?”

1 Samuel 7:17

Then he would make his return to Ramah, because his house was there, and there he also judged Israel; and there he built an altar to the Lord.