Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Samuel 28:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
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28:3-14 Saul consulted the dead, a practice forbidden by God’s law (see Lev 20:27; Deut 18:9-11). 28:3 banned from the land: Saul had either expelled or killed most mediums, or he had merely outlawed the practice of necromancy (see study note on 28:9).

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