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For all who do such things are disgusting to the Lord; and because of these disgusting things the Lord your God is driving them out before you.
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You are to be upright in heart before the Lord your God.
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For these nations, whose land you are taking, give attention to readers of signs and to those using secret arts: but the Lord your God will not let you do so.
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The Lord your God will give you a prophet from among your people, like me; you will give ear to him;
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In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.
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Then the Lord said to me, What they have said is well said.
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I will give them a prophet from among themselves, like you, and I will put my words in his mouth, and he will say to them whatever I give him orders to say.
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And whoever does not give ear to my words which he will say in my name, will be responsible to me.
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But the prophet who takes it on himself to say words in my name which I have not given him orders to say, or who says anything in the name of other gods, will come to his death.
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And if you say in your hearts, How are we to be certain that the word does not come from the Lord?
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When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.