1 Samuel 28:3

Tree of Life Version

Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his hometown. Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists.

Cross References

Exodus 22:17

“You must not permit a sorceress to live.

Exodus 22:18

“Anyone who lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

Leviticus 19:31

“Do not turn to those who are mediums or to soothsayers. Do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am Adonai your God.

Leviticus 20:27

“A man or a woman who is a medium or is a soothsayer should surely be put to death. They should stone them with rocks, and their blood should be on them.’”

Leviticus 20:6

“The soul that turns to mediums or to soothsayers, prostituting himself with them, I will set My face against that soul and will cut him off from among his people.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination and stubbornness is like iniquity and idolatry. Since you have rejected Adonai’s word, He has also rejected you as king.”

1 Samuel 25:1

Then Samuel died, and all Israel gathered and lamented him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. David then arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

1 Samuel 28:9

“Look, you know what Saul has done,” she said, “how he has cut off the mediums and spiritists from the land. So why then are you setting a trap for my life to get me killed?”

1 Samuel 7:17

Then his return was to Ramah, because his home was there, and from there he would judge Israel. So he built an altar to Adonai there.