Deuteronomy 18:17

17 And the LORD said to me, 1'They are right in what they have spoken.

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 ) .

Deuteronomy 18:17 In-Context

15 "The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers--it is to him you shall listen--
16 just as you desired of the LORD your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, when you said, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die.'
17 And the LORD said to me, 'They are right in what they have spoken.
18 I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. And I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him.
19 And whoever will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I myself will require it of him.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Deuteronomy 5:28
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