New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 18:9-22
9“WhenH3588 you enterH935 the landH776 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 givesH5414 you, you shall not learnH3925 to 12imitateH6213 the detestableH8441 thingsH8441 of thoseH1992 nationsH1471. 10There shall not be foundH4672 among you anyone 3who makes his sonH1121 or his daughterH1323 passH5674 through the fireH784, one who usesH7080 divinationH7081, one 4who practicesH6049 witchcraftH6049, or one who interpretsH5172 omensH5172, or a sorcererH3784, 11or one who castsH2266 a spellH2267, 5or a mediumH7592H178, or a spiritistH3049, or one who callsH1875 up the deadH4191. 12For whoeverH3605 doesH6213 theseH428 thingsH428 is detestableH8441 to the LordH3068; and 6becauseH1558 of theseH428 detestableH8441 thingsH8441 the LordH3068 your GodH430 will driveH3423 them out beforeH4480H6440 you. 137You shall be 8blamelessH8549 beforeH5973 the LordH3068 your GodH430. 14For thoseH428 nationsH1471, whichH834 you shall dispossessH3423, listenH8085 to those who 9practiceH6049 witchcraftH6049 and to divinersH7080, but as for you, the LordH3068 your GodH430 has not allowedH5414 you to do soH3651.
15“10The LordH3068 your GodH430 will raiseH6965 up for you a prophetH5030 likeH3644 me from amongH7130 you, from your 11countrymenH251, you shall listenH8085 to him. 16This is 12according to allH3605 that you askedH7592 of the LordH3068 your GodH430 in HorebH2722 on the dayH3117 of the assemblyH6951, sayingH559, ‘Let me not hearH8085 againH3254 the voiceH6963 of the LordH3068 my GodH430, let me not seeH7200 thisH2088 greatH1419 fireH784 anymoreH5750, orH3808 I will dieH4191.’ 1713The LordH3068 saidH559 to me, ‘They have 14spokenH1696 wellH3190. 18I will raiseH6965 up a prophetH5030 from amongH7130 their 15countrymenH251 likeH3644 you, and 16I will putH5414 My wordsH1697 in his mouthH6310, and 17he shall speakH1696 to them allH3605 that I commandH6680 him. 1918It shall comeH1961 about that whoeverH376H834 will not listenH8085 to My wordsH1697 whichH834 he shall speakH1696 in My nameH8034, I MyselfH595 will requireH1875 it of him. 20But the prophetH5030 whoH834 speaksH1696 a wordH1697 19presumptuouslyH2102 in My nameH8034 whichH834 I have not commandedH6680 him to speakH1696, or 20whichH834 he speaksH1696 in the nameH8034 of otherH312 godsH430, 21that prophetH5030 shall dieH4191.’ 2122You may sayH559 in your heartH3824, ‘HowH351 will we knowH3045 the wordH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 has not spokenH1696?’ 2223WhenH834 a prophetH5030 speaksH1696 in the nameH8034 of the LordH3068, if the thingH1697 does not comeH1961 about or comeH935 true, that is the thingH1697 whichH834 the LordH3068 has not spokenH1696. The prophetH5030 has spokenH1696 it 24presumptuouslyH2087; you shall not be afraidH1481 of him.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 18:9 Lit do according to ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 18:9 Deut 9:5 ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 18:10 Deut 12:31 ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 18:10 Ex 22:18; Lev 19:26, 31; 20:6; Jer 27:9, 10; Mal 3:5 ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 18:11 Lev 19:31 ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 18:12 Lev 18:24 ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 18:13 Gen 6:9; 17:1; Matt 5:48 ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 18:13 Lit complete, perfect; or having integrity ↩
- 9. Deuteronomy 18:14 2 Kin 21:6 ↩
- 10. Deuteronomy 18:15 Matt 21:11; Luke 2:25-34; 7:16; 24:19; John 1:21, 25; 4:19; Acts 3:22; 7:37 ↩
- 11. Deuteronomy 18:15 Lit brothers ↩
- 12. Deuteronomy 18:16 Ex 20:18, 19; Deut 5:23-27 ↩
- 13. Deuteronomy 18:17 Deut 5:28 ↩
- 14. Deuteronomy 18:17 Lit done well what they have spoken ↩
- 15. Deuteronomy 18:18 Lit brothers ↩
- 16. Deuteronomy 18:18 Is 51:16; John 17:8 ↩
- 17. Deuteronomy 18:18 John 4:25; 8:28; 12:49, 50 ↩
- 18. Deuteronomy 18:19 Acts 3:23; Heb 12:25 ↩
- 19. Deuteronomy 18:20 Deut 13:5; 17:12 ↩
- 20. Deuteronomy 18:20 Deut 13:1, 2; Jer 14:14; Zech 13:3 ↩
- 21. Deuteronomy 18:20 Lit and that ↩
- 22. Deuteronomy 18:21 Lit if you say ↩
- 23. Deuteronomy 18:22 Jer 28:9 ↩
- 24. Deuteronomy 18:22 Deut 18:20 ↩
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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