Deuteronomy 13:1

Deuteronomy 13:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
• New International Version (NIV)If a prophet, or one who foretells by dreams, appears among you and announces to you a sign or wonder,
• English Standard Version (ESV)"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder,
• New King James Version (NKJV)“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder,

Context of Deuteronomy 13:1

“If a prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2and the sign or the wonder which he spoke (foretold) to you comes to pass, and if he says, ‘Let us follow after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve and worship them,’ 3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and mind and all your soul [your entire being].

Deuteronomy 13:1 word by word

כִּֽי־יָק֤וּם בְּקִרְבְּךָ֙ נָבִ֔יא א֖וֹ חֹלֵ֣ם חֲל֑וֹם וְנָתַ֥ן אֵלֶ֛יךָ א֖וֹת א֥וֹ מוֹפֵֽת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If there ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• you a prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• or a dreamerחָלַםchâlam · to dreamH2492
• of dreamsחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• and givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• or a wonderמוֹפֵתmôphêth môphêth · wonderH4159

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 13:1

• 1 Kings 13:18He answered him, “I too am a prophet, as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” But he lied to him.
• Isaiah 9:15The elderly and honorable man, he is the head; And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
• Jeremiah 6:13“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for [unfair] gain; And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals deceitfully.
• Jeremiah 23:11“For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly (profane, polluted); Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 13:2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, ‘Hear the word of the Lord!
• Zechariah 13:4And in that day the [false] prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not wear a hairy robe [of true prophets] in order to deceive,
• Matthew 7:15“Beware of the false prophets, [teachers] who come to you dressed as sheep [appearing gentle and innocent], but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
• Matthew 24:11Many false prophets will appear and mislead many.
• Luke 6:26Woe to you when all the people speak well of you and praise you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way.
• 2 Peter 2:1But [in those days] false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will subtly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction on themselves.
• 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.
• Jeremiah 23:25“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions when on my bed at night].’
• Jeremiah 27:9And as for you, do not listen to your [counterfeit] prophets, your diviners, your dreams and dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers, who say to you, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
• Jeremiah 29:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your [false] prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you; pay no attention and attach no significance to the dreams which they dream or to yours,
• Zechariah 10:2For the teraphim (household idols) speak wickedness (emptiness, worthlessness), And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted and suffer because there is no shepherd.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 13:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1If there arise among you a prophet - Any pretending to have a Divine influence, so as to be able perfectly to direct others in the way of salvation; or a dreamer of dreams - one who pretends that some deity has spoken to him in the night-season; and giveth thee a sign, אות oth, what appears to be a miraculous proof of his mission; or a wonder, מופת mopheth, some type or representation of what he wishes to bring you over to: as some have pretended to have…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1A prophet, or a dreamer of dreams - Compare Numbers 12:6. The “prophet” received his revelations by vision or direct oral communication Numbers 24:16; 2 Samuel 7:4; 2 Corinthians 12:2; “the dreamer of dreams” through the medium of a dream 1 Kings 3:5; Matthew 2:13.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Enticers to idolatry to be put to death. (1-5) Relations who entice to idolatry not to be spared. (6-11) Idolatrous cities not to be spared. (12-18) Verses 1-5 Moses had cautioned against the peril that might arise from the Canaanites. Here he cautions against the rise of idolatry among themselves. It is needful for us to be well acquainted with the truths and precepts of the Bible; for we may expect to be proved by temptations of evil under the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1God performed signs and miracles to inspire wonder and faith in those who saw them (see 6:22). False prophets and magicians could imitate these acts to some extent, sometimes misleading God's people (see Exodus 7:11, 22; 8:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-51. If there arise among you a prophet--The special counsels which follow arose out of the general precept contained in De 12:32; and the purport of them is, that every attempt to seduce others from the course of duty which that divine standard of faith and worship prescribes must not only be strenuously resisted, but the seducer punished by the law of the land. This is exemplified in three cases of enticement to idolatry. a prophet--that is, some notable…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 13:1

• Dream
• Minister, Christian
• Miracles
• Prophets
• Punishment
• Teachers
• Temptation

In the dictionaries

• Divination
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Dream; Dreamer
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Wonder; Wonderful
• Dreams

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings