אוֹב

In the text

• Leviticus 19:31הָאֹבֹת

  You must not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out, or you will be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

• Deuteronomy 18:11אוֹב

  casts spells, consults a medium or spiritist, or inquires of the dead.

• 1 Samuel 28:3הָאֹבוֹת

  Now by this time Samuel had died, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed the mediums and spiritists from the land.

• 2 Kings 23:24הָאֹבוֹת

  Furthermore, Josiah removed the mediums and spiritists, the household gods and idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. He did this to carry out the words of the law written in the book that Hilkiah the priest had found in the house of the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 10:13בָּאוֹב

  So Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD and even consulted a medium for guidance,

• Isaiah 8:19הָאֹבוֹת

  When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?

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