Deuternomium 18:18

18 Einen Propheten, gleich dir, will ich ihnen aus der Mitte ihrer Brüder erwecken; und ich will meine Worte in seinen Mund legen, und er wird zu ihnen reden alles, was ich ihm gebieten werde.

Deuternomium 18:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren like
unto thee
So that it seems this promise or prophecy was first made at Mount Sinai, but now renewed and repeated, and which is nowhere else recorded; see ( Deuteronomy 18:15 ) when they were not only made easy for the present by appointing Moses to receive from the Lord all further notices of his mind and will, but were assured that when it was his pleasure to make a new revelation, or a further discovery of his mind and will, in future times, he would not do it in that terrible way he had delivered the law to them; but would raise up a person of their own flesh and blood, by whom it should be delivered, which was sufficient to prevent their fears for the future:

and will put my word in his mouth;
the doctrines of the Gospel, which come from God, and are the words of truth, faith, righteousness, peace, pardon, life, and salvation; and which Christ says were not his own, as man and Mediator, but his Father's, which he gave unto him, and put into his mouth, as what he should say, teach, and deliver to others; see ( John 7:16 ) ( 8:28 ) ( John 17:6 John 17:8 )

and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him;
nor did he keep back, but faithfully declared the whole counsel of God; and as he gave him a commandment what he should say, and what he should speak, he was entirely obedient to it; see ( John 12:49 John 12:50 ) ( 15:15 ) .

Deuternomium 18:18 In-Context

16 nach allem, was du von Jehova, deinem Gott, am Horeb begehrt hast am Tage der Versammlung, indem du sprachest: ich möchte nicht weiter die Stimme Jehovas, meines Gottes, hören, und dieses große Feuer möchte ich nicht mehr sehen, daß ich nicht sterbe!
17 Und Jehova sprach zu mir: Gut ist, was sie geredet haben.
18 Einen Propheten, gleich dir, will ich ihnen aus der Mitte ihrer Brüder erwecken; und ich will meine Worte in seinen Mund legen, und er wird zu ihnen reden alles, was ich ihm gebieten werde.
19 Und es wird geschehen, der Mann, der nicht hört auf meine Worte, die er in meinem Namen reden wird, von dem werde ich es fordern. -
20 Doch der Prophet, der sich vermessen wird, in meinem Namen ein Wort zu reden, das ich ihm nicht geboten habe zu reden, oder der im Namen anderer Götter reden wird: Selbiger Prophet soll sterben.
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