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He consulted the Lord; but the Lord gave no answer, neither in dreams nor by Urim nor through prophets.(A) Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a medium[a] through whom I can seek counsel.” His servants answered him, “There is a woman in Endor who is a medium.”(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 28:7 A medium: Saul’s own prohibition of necromancy and divination (v. 3) was in keeping with the consistent teaching of the Old Testament (cf. Lv 19:31; 20:6, 27; Dt 18:10).

فَصَلَّى شَاوُلُ إلَى اللهِ، لَكِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُجِبْهُ. لَمْ يُكَلِّمِ اللهُ شَاوُلَ فِي الأحْلَامِ، وَلَا بِالأُورِيمِ، وَلَا بِالأنْبِيَاءَ. وَأخِيرًا قَالَ شَاوُلُ لِضُبَّاطِهِ: «جِدُوا لِي عَرَّافَةً! سأذْهَبُ إلَيْهَا وَأسألُهَا.»

فَأجَابَ ضُبَّاطُهُ: «هُنَاكَ عَرَّافَةٌ فِي عَيْنِ دُورٍ.»

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He inquired(A) of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him by dreams(B) or Urim(C) or prophets.(D) 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.

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