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Deuteronomy 18:17

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17 "1The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well.
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Deuteronomy 18:17 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:17

And the Lord said unto me
Unto Moses, who carried the above request to the Lord:

they have well spoken that which they have spoken;
see ( Deuteronomy 5:28 ) .

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 18:17 In-Context

15 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him.
16 "This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.'
17 "The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well.
18 'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
19 'It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 5:28

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "done well what they have spoken"
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