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10 Then Saul promised the woman very strongly. He said, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, nobody will punish you if you do this.’[a]

11 The woman said, ‘Who is it that you want me to bring for you?’ Saul replied, ‘Bring Samuel to me.’

12 The woman screamed when she saw Samuel. She said to Saul, ‘You have deceived me! You are King Saul!’

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  1. 28:10 God had said to Israel's people that nobody should try to speak with dead people. They must kill anyone who spoke with dead people. See Deuteronomy 18:10-11; Leviticus 19:31; Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 20:27. Saul was not obeying God.