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 there arise among you a prophet, or one that dreameth dreams, and he give thee a sign or a wonder, 2and the sign or the wonder come to pass that he told unto thee, when he said, Let us go after other gods, whom thou hast not known, and let us serve them, 3— thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams; for Jehovah your God proveth you, to know whether ye love Jehovah your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 13:1 word by word

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

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 13:1

• 1 Kings 13:18And he said to him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Jehovah saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house, that he may eat bread and drink water. He lied unto him.
• Isaiah 9:15the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
• Jeremiah 6:13For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
• Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest are profane: even in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.
• Ezekiel 13:2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say unto them that prophesy out of their own heart, Hear ye the word of Jehovah.
• Zechariah 13:4And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he prophesieth; neither shall they wear a hairy mantle to deceive.
• Matthew 7:15But beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but within are ravening wolves.
• Matthew 24:11and many false prophets shall arise and shall mislead many;
• Luke 6:26Woe, when all men speak well of you, for after this manner did their fathers to the false prophets.
• 2 Peter 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, as there shall be also among you false teachers, who shall bring in by the bye destructive heresies, and deny the master that bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction;
• 1 John 4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
• Jeremiah 23:25I have heard what the prophets say, who prophesy falsehood in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
• Jeremiah 27:9And ye, hearken not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak unto you saying: Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon.
• Jeremiah 29:8For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in your midst, nor your diviners deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams, which ye like to dream.
• Zechariah 10:2For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams: they comfort in vain. Therefore they have gone away as a flock, they are in distress, 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