Deuteronomy 18:17-22

17 The LORD said to me: “What they say is good.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them everything I command him.
19 I myself will call to account anyone who does not listen to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.
20 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.”
21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the LORD?”
22 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.

Cross References 12

  • 1. S Genesis 20:7
  • 2. Isaiah 2:3; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 51:4; Micah 4:2; Isaiah 51:16; John 17:8
  • 3. S Exodus 4:12
  • 4. John 4:25-26; John 8:28; John 12:49-50; S John 14:24; Acts 3:22*
  • 5. S Exodus 23:21
  • 6. S ver 7; S Leviticus 19:12; 2 Kings 2:24
  • 7. Joshua 22:23; Acts 3:23*; Hebrews 12:25
  • 8. S Exodus 23:13; Jeremiah 14:14
  • 9. Deuteronomy 13:1-5; S Deuteronomy 17:12
  • 10. S Deuteronomy 13:2; 1 Samuel 3:20
  • 11. 1 Kings 22:28; Jeremiah 28:9
  • 12. ver 20
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