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1 Samuel 28:6-8
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1 Samuel 28:6-8
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6 He prayed to the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him. God did not talk to Saul in dreams. God did not use the Urim to give him an answer, and God did not use prophets to speak to Saul. 7 Finally, Saul said to his officers, “Find me a woman who is a medium. Then I can go ask her what will happen.”
His officers answered, “There is a medium at Endor.[a]”
8 That night, Saul put on different clothes so that no one would know who he was. Then Saul and two of his men went to see the woman. Saul said to her, “I want you to bring up a ghost who can tell me what will happen in the future. You must call for the ghost of the person I name.”
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- 1 Samuel 28:7 Endor A town around the mountain from Shunem, where the Philistines were camped. Saul had to go around them to get to Endor.
1 Samuel 28:6-8
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1 Samuel 28:6-8
New International Version
6 He inquired(A) of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams(B) or Urim(C) or prophets.(D) 7 Saul then said to his attendants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,(E) so I may go and inquire of her.”
“There is one in Endor,(F)” they said.
8 So Saul disguised(G) himself, putting on other clothes, and at night he and two men went to the woman. “Consult(H) a spirit for me,” he said, “and bring up for me the one I name.”
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