Reading for April 8th

Read 1 Sam 28.3-7
In 28.3-28: Saul consults a ghost.
In verse 3: Mediums and witches are often used in conjunction and refer to devices used to communicate with the dead.
Such practices are condemned by the law in Deut 18.10.
In verse 4: Shunem and Gilboa locate the site of the battle near Jezreel Valley, far north of the Negeb where previous stories are set.
In verse 6: Three mean of diving were dreams, or incubation, in which one expected the answer to an inquiry to be given at night, in a dream, often when one slept at a holy place; Urim, or lots which have been used earlier in 1 Samuel; and prophets, like the man of God in 9.1-10.16.
In verse 7; A woman who is a medium literally means "a woman of (who deals with) spirits," using the word translated "medium" in v. 3.
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