Cross References And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead? Acts 16:16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain girl having a pythonical spirit met us, who brought to her masters much gain by divining. Genesis 41:24 And they devoured the beauty of the former: I told this dream to the conjecturers, and there is no man that can expound it. Leviticus 19:31 Go not aside after wizards: neither ask any thing of soothsayers, to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God. Leviticus 20:6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them: I will set my face against that soul, and destroy it out of the midst of its people. 1 Samuel 28:8 Then he disguised himself: and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night, and he said to her: Divine to me by thy divining spirit, and bring me up him whom I shall tell thee. 2 Kings 21:6 And he made his son pass through fire: and he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers, to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him. 2 Kings 23:24 Moreover the diviners by spirits, and soothsayers, and the figures of idols, and the uncleannesses, and the abominations, that had been in the land of Juda and Jerusalem, Josias took away: that he might perform the words of the law, that were written in the book, which Helcias the priest had found in the temple of the Lord. Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers. Isaiah 26:14 Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast visited and destroyed them, and hast destroyed all their memory. Isaiah 29:4 Thou shalt be brought down, thou shall speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the earth thy speech shall mutter. Isaiah 30:2 Who walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth, hoping for help in the strength of Pharao, and trusting in the shadow of Egypt. Isaiah 45:11 Thus saith the Lord the Holy One of Israel, his maker: Ask me of things to come, concerning my children, and concerning the work of my hands give ye charge to me. Isaiah 47:12 Stand now with thy enchanters, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, in which thou hast laboured from thy youth, if so be it may profit thee any thing, or if thou mayst become stronger. Isaiah 47:13 Thou hast failed in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers stand and save thee, they that gazed at the stars, and counted the months, that from them they might tell the things that shall come to thee. Jeremiah 27:9 Therefore hearken not to your prophets, and diviners, and dreamers, and soothsayers, and sorcerers, that say to you: You shall not serve the king of Babylon. Micah 5:12 And I will destroy the cities of thy land, and will throw down all thy strong holds, and I will take away sorceries out of thy hand, and there shall be no divinations in thee. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead? seek Isaiah 19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall be broken in the bowels thereof, and I will cast down their counsel: and they shall consult their idols, and their diviners, and their wizards, and soothsayers. Leviticus 20:6 The soul that shall go aside after magicians, and soothsayers, and shall commit fornication with them: I will set my face against that soul, and destroy it out of the midst of its people. Deuteronomy 18:11 Nor charmer, nor any one that consulteth pythonic spirits, or fortune tellers, or that seeketh the truth from the dead. 1 Samuel 28:8 Then he disguised himself: and put on other clothes, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night, and he said to her: Divine to me by thy divining spirit, and bring me up him whom I shall tell thee. 1 Chronicles 10:13 So Saul died for his iniquities, because he transgressed the commandment of the Lord, which he had commanded, and kept it not: and moreover consulted also a witch, 2 Chronicles 33:6 And he made his sons to pass through the fire in the valley of Benennom: he observed dreams, followed divinations, gave himself up to magic arts, had with him magicians, and enchanters: and he wrought many evils before the Lord, to provoke him to anger. that peep Isaiah 29:4 Thou shalt be brought down, thou shall speak out of the earth, and thy speech shall be heard out of the ground: and thy voice shall be from the earth like that of the python, and out of the earth thy speech shall mutter. should not 1 Samuel 28:16 And Samuel said: Why askest thou me, seeing the Lord has departed from thee, and is gone over to thy rival? 2 Kings 1:3 And an angel of the Lord spoke to Elias, the Thesbite, saying: Arise, and go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them: Is there not a God in Israel, that ye go to consult Beelzebub, the god of Accaron? 2 Peter 2:1 But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there shall be among you lying teachers who shall bring in sects of perdition and deny the Lord who bought them: bringing upon themselves swift destruction. for the living Psalm 106:28 They also were initiated to Beelphegor: and ate the sacrifices of the dead. Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening. 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God. Context Darkness and Light19And when they shall say to you: Seek of pythons, and of diviners, who mutter in their enchantments: should not the people seek of their God, for the living of the dead?20To the law rather, and to the testimony. And if they speak not according to this word, they shall not have the morning light.… Lexicon Whenוְכִֽי־ (wə·ḵî-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction men tell יֹאמְר֣וּ (yō·mə·rū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say you אֲלֵיכֶ֗ם (’ă·lê·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to to consult דִּרְשׁ֤וּ (dir·šū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship the spirits of the dead הָאֹבוֹת֙ (hā·’ō·ḇō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 178: A bottle (made from animal skin), a necromancer and the spiritists הַיִּדְּעֹנִ֔ים (hay·yid·də·‘ō·nîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3049: A knowing one, a conjurer, a ghost who whisper הַֽמְצַפְצְפִ֖ים (ham·ṣap̄·ṣə·p̄îm) Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6850: To chirp, peep and mutter, וְהַמַּהְגִּ֑ים (wə·ham·mah·gîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1897: To moan, growl, utter, speak, muse shouldn’t הֲלוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no a people עַם֙ (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock consult יִדְרֹ֔שׁ (yiḏ·rōš) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship their God [instead]? אֱלֹהָ֣יו (’ĕ·lō·hāw) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Why consult the dead הַמֵּתִֽים׃ (ham·mê·ṯîm) Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill on behalf of בְּעַ֥ד (bə·‘aḏ) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for the living? הַחַיִּ֖ים (ha·ḥay·yîm) Article | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life Additional Translations When men tell you to consult the spirits of the dead and the spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead? And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living'should they seek unto the dead? And if they should say to you, Seek those who have in them a divining spirit, and them that speak out of the earth, them that speak vain words, who speak out of their belly: shall not a nation diligently seek to their God? why do they seek to the dead concerning the living? And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto the necromancers and unto the soothsayers, who chirp and who mutter, [say,] Shall not a people seek unto their God? [Will they go] for the living unto the dead? And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto the wizards, that chirp and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? on behalf of the living should they seek unto the dead? And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead? When they tell you, "Consult with those who have familiar spirits and with the wizards, who chirp and who mutter:" shouldn't a people consult with their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? And when they say unto you, 'Seek unto those having familiar spirits, And unto wizards, who chatter and mutter, Doth not a people seek unto its God? -- For the living unto the dead! 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