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How could God allow the Witch of Endor to raise Samuel from the dead when God condemned witchcraft?

All contact with the spirit world is expressly forbidden irrespective of the nature of the spirits concerned (Lv 19:26-31; Dt 18:10-11; Job 7:7-10; Is 8:18-20; Lk 16:19-31).

That's a problem if Saul thinks that he is doing the right thing!

1 Samuel 28:7

ESV - 7 Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek out for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a medium at En-dor.

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Previous related eBible discussions on this subject:

https://ebible.com/questions/2364-did-the-witch-of-endor-really-summon-samuel-from-the-dead

https://ebible.com/questions/21453-why-did-god-allow-witchcraft-to-seem-real-by-allowing-samuel-to-rise-in-1-samuel-28

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