Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 18:13
13You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 18:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God.
- New International Version (NIV)You must be blameless before the Lord your God.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You shall be blameless before the Lord your God,
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.
Context of Deuteronomy 18:13
11cast spells, consult a medium or a spiritist, or inquire of the dead. 12Everyone who does these acts is detestable to the Lord, and the Lord your God is driving out the nations before you because of these detestable acts. You must be blameless before the Lord your God. 14Though these nations you are about to drive out listen to fortune-tellers and diviners, the Lord your God has not permitted you to do this. 15“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your own brothers. You must listen to him.
Read all of Deuteronomy 18Deuteronomy 18:13 word by word
תָּמִ֣ים תִּֽהְיֶ֔ה עִ֖ם יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 18:13
- Genesis 6:9These are the family records of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among his contemporaries; Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him, saying, “I am God Almighty. Live in my presence and be blameless.
- Job 1:1There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
- Psalms 37:37Watch the blameless and observe the upright, for the person of peace will have a future.
- Matthew 5:48Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Philippians 3:12Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
- Revelation 3:2Be alert and strengthen what remains, which is about to die, for I have not found your works complete before my God.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13Perfect - As in Genesis 17:1; Job 1:1; Matthew 5:48. The sense is that Israel was to keep the worship of the true God wholly uncontaminated by idolatrous pollutions.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-14Verses 9-14 Was it possible that a people so blessed with Divine institutions, should ever be in any danger of making those their teachers whom God had made their captives? They were in danger; therefore, after many like cautions, they are charged not to do after the abominations of the nations of Canaan. All reckoning of lucky or unlucky days, all charms for diseases, all amulets or spells to prevent evil, fortune-telling, &c. are here forbidden. These…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-149-14. thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations--(See on Le 18:21; Le 19:26; Le 19:31; Le 20:4). In spite of this express command, the people of Canaan, especially the Philistines, were a constant snare and stumbling block to the Israelites, on account of their divinations and superstitious practices.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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