Deuteronomy 18:15

Deuteronomy 18:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken;
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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—
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,

Context of Deuteronomy 18:15

13Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God. 14For these nations, which thou shalt dispossess, hearkened unto those that use auguries, and that use divination; but as for thee, Jehovah thy God hath not suffered thee [to do] so. Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him shall ye hearken; 16according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God at Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17And Jehovah said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

Deuteronomy 18:15 word by word

נָבִ֨יא מִקִּרְבְּךָ֤ מֵאַחֶ֙יךָ֙ כָּמֹ֔נִי יָקִ֥ים לְךָ֖ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ אֵלָ֖יו תִּשְׁמָעֽוּן׃Read the interlinear

• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• raiseקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 18:15

• Deuteronomy 18:18A prophet will I raise up unto them from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
• John 1:45Philip finds Nathanael, and says to him, We have found him of whom Moses wrote in the law, and the prophets, Jesus, the son of Joseph, who is from Nazareth.
• Acts 3:22Moses indeed said, A prophet shall [the] Lord your God raise up to you out of your brethren like me: him shall ye hear in everything whatsoever he shall say to you.
• Acts 7:37This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me [him shall ye hear].
• Deuteronomy 5:5(I stood between Jehovah and you at that time, to declare to you the word of Jehovah; for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up to the mountain), saying,
• Deuteronomy 34:10And there arose no prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom Jehovah had known face to face;
• Luke 24:19And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, The things concerning Jesus the Nazaraean, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
• 1 Timothy 2:5For God is one, and [the] mediator of God and men one, [the] man Christ Jesus,
• Hebrews 1:1God having spoken in many parts and in many ways formerly to the fathers in the prophets,
• Hebrews 2:1For this reason we should give heed more abundantly to the things [we have] heard, lest in any way we should slip away.
• Hebrews 3:2who is faithful to him that has constituted him, as Moses also in all his house.
• Matthew 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and lo, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I have found my delight: hear him.
• Luke 9:35and there was a voice out of the cloud saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
• Luke 10:16He that hears you hears me; and he that rejects you rejects me; and he that rejects me rejects him that sent me.
• John 6:29Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he has sent.
• Hebrews 1:2at the end of these days has spoken to us in [the person of the] Son, whom he has established heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 18:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet - Instead of diviners, observers of times, etc., God here promises to give them an infallible guide, who should tell them all things that make for their peace, so that his declarations should completely answer the end of all the knowledge that was pretended to be gained by the persons already specified. Like unto me - Viz., a prophet, a legislator, a king, a mediator, and the head or chief of the people…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-19Verses 15-19 The ancient fathers of the Church and the generality of modern commentators have regarded our Lord as the prophet promised in these verses. It is evident from the New Testament alone that the Messianic was the accredited interpretation among the Jews at the beginning of the Christian era (compare the marginal references, and John 4:25); nor can our Lord Himself, when He declares that Moses “wrote of Him” John 5:45-47, be supposed to have any…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-22Verses 15-22 It is here promised concerning Christ, that there should come a Prophet, great above all the prophets; by whom God would make known himself and his will to the children of men, more fully and clearly than he had ever done before. He is the Light of the world, Joh 8:12. He is the World by whom God speaks to us, Joh 1:1; He 1:2. In his birth he should be one of their nation. In his resurrection he should be raised up at Jerusalem, and from…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15a prophet like me: This would be extraordinary because Moses had no equal among the prophets (see 34:10–11). This prophet would come from among your brothers. Israel had to listen to him (18:19). The prophets of Old Testament Israel would partially fulfill the role of God's spokesmen. Israel had to obey them. Later, Judaism anticipated this prophet as a key messianic figure (see John 1:21; 6:14; 7:40). The New Testament identifies Jesus as this prophet…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1915-19. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet--The insertion of this promise, in connection with the preceding prohibition, might warrant the application (which some make of it) to that order of true prophets whom God commissioned in unbroken succession to instruct, to direct, and warn His people; and in this view the purport of it is, "There is no need to consult with diviners and soothsayers, as I shall afford you the benefit of divinely…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