English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 18:13
13You shall 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall be blameless before the Lord your God.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But you must be blameless before the Lord your God.
Context of Deuteronomy 18:13
11or a charmer or a medium or a necromancer or one who inquires of the dead, 12for whoever does these things is an abomination to the Lord. And because of these abominations the Lord your God is driving them out before you. You shall be blameless before the Lord your God, 14for these nations, which you are about to dispossess, listen to fortune-tellers and to diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do this. 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—
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 generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 17:1When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; walk before me, and be blameless,
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
- Psalms 37:37Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
- Matthew 5:48You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
- Philippians 3:12Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own.
- Revelation 3:2Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of 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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