commanders of fifty and dignitaries,
counselors, cunning magicians,[a] and necromancers.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:3 Or skilled craftsmen
  2. 3:3 Or mediums

18 Say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: Woe to the women who sew magic bands on the wrist of every hand and who make veils for the heads of people of every size in order to ensnare lives. Will you ensnare the lives of my people but preserve your own?(A) 19 You profane me among my people for handfuls of barley(B) and scraps of bread; you put those to death who should not die and spare those who should not live, when you lie to my people, who listen to lies.

20 “‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am against your magic bands with which you ensnare people like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. I will free the people you have ensnared like birds.

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