¹⁹ When they say to you, ‘Enquire of the mediums and the spiritists who chirp and mutter,’^(A) shouldn’t a people enquire of their God?^[a] Should they enquire of the dead on behalf of the living?^(B)

² So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans^[a](A) to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,

¹⁰ The Chaldeans answered the king, ‘No one on earth can make known what the king requests.^(A) Consequently, no king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, medium, or Chaldean.