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You may say to yourself, 'How can we recognize a message the Lord has not spoken?'
Deuteronomy 18:21 In-Context
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I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.
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But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods, is to be put to death.”
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You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?”
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If what a prophet proclaims in the name of the LORD does not take place or come true, that is a message the LORD has not spoken. That prophet has spoken presumptuously, so do not be alarmed.