He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in YHWH’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
Acts 16:16 - Y'all Version Bible Once when we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl who had a future-telling spirit met us. She brought her owners a large profit through fortune telling. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling. American Standard Version (1901) And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, that a certain maid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Common English Bible One day, when we were on the way to the place for prayer, we met a slave woman. She had a spirit that enabled her to predict the future. She made a lot of money for her owners through fortune-telling. Catholic Public Domain Version Then it happened that, as we were going out to prayer, a certain girl, having a spirit of divination, met with us. She was a source of great profit to her masters, through her divining. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl, having a pythonical spirit, met us, who brought to her masters much gain by divining. |
He made his son to pass through the fire, practiced sorcery, used enchantments, and dealt with those who had familiar spirits and with wizards. He did much evil in YHWH’s sight, to provoke him to anger.
So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against YHWH, because of the word of YHWH, which he didn’t keep, and also because he asked counsel of one who had a familiar spirit, to inquire,
When they say to y’all, “Y’all should consult with mediums and spiritists who chirp and mutter,” shouldn’t a people consult their God? Should they inquire of the dead on behalf of the living?
“‘Y’all must not turn to mediums or spiritists. Y’all are not to seek them out and be defiled by them. I am YHWH y’all’s God.
“‘A man or a woman that is a medium or is a spiritist executed-executed. They are to be stoned with stones. Their blood is upon themselves.’”
“‘The person that turns to those who are mediums and wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.
On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city gate to a riverside where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and spoke to the women who had gathered there.
She kept doing this for many days, and Paul became greatly annoyed. Turning to the spirit, he said, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out that very moment.
When her owners realized that their expected profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities.
A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the artisans,
idolatry, magic drugs, hatred, infighting, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, dissensions, factions,
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some have been led astray from the faith in their greed, and have pierced themselves with many sorrows.
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these also oppose the truth, humans of corrupted minds unapproved for the faith.
In greed, they will exploit y’all with deceptive words. Their judgement from of old is not idle, and their destruction is not sleeping.
Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. Saul had sent away those who had familiar spirits and the wizards out of the land.
Then Saul said to his servants, “Y’all must find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants said to him, “There is a woman who has a familiar spirit at Endor.”