Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land.

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Bible References

Samuel

1 Samuel 25:1
Samuel died, and all Israel assembled to mourn for him, and they buried him by his home in Ramah. David then went down to the Wilderness of Paran.
Isaiah 57:1
The righteous one perishes,
and no one takes it to heart;
faithful men are swept away,
with no one realizing
that the righteous one is swept away
from the presence of evil.

Put away

1 Samuel 28:9
But the woman said to him, “You surely know what Saul has done, how he has killed the mediums and spiritists in the land. Why are you setting a trap for me to get me killed?”
Exodus 22:18
“You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Leviticus 19:31
“Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.
Leviticus 20:6
“Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.
Deuteronomy 18:10
No one among you is to make his son or daughter pass through the fire, practice divination, tell fortunes, interpret omens, practice sorcery,
Acts 16:16
Once, as we were on our way to prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit of prediction. She made a large profit for her owners by fortune-telling.

General references

Exodus 22:18
“You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Leviticus 19:31
“Do not turn to mediums or consult spiritists, or you will be defiled by them; I am Yahweh your God.

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