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But the woman said to him, ‘You know what King Saul has done. He has removed all the magicians from Israel. Are you using a trap to catch me? Do you want me to die?’

10 Then Saul promised the woman very strongly. He said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, nobody will punish you if you do this.’[a]

11 The woman said, ‘Who is it that you want me to bring for you?’ Saul replied, ‘Bring Samuel to me.’

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Footnotes

  1. 28:10 God had said to Israel's people that nobody should try to speak with dead people. They must kill anyone who spoke with dead people. See Deuteronomy 18:10-11; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 20:27. Saul was not obeying God.