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 Living Translation (NLT)“Suppose there are prophets among you or those who dream dreams about the future, and they promise you signs or miracles,

Context of Deuteronomy 13:1

“If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder, 2and the sign or the wonder comes to pass, of which he spoke to you, saying, ‘Let us go after other gods’—which you have not known—‘and let us serve them,’ 3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams, for the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• If there ariseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• amongקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• you a prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• or a dreamerחָלַםchâlam · to dreamH2492
• of dreamsחֲלוֹםchălôm chălôm · dreamH2472
• and givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• or a wonderמוֹפֵתmôphêth môphêth · wonderH4159

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 13:1

• 1 Kings 13:18He said to him, “I too am a prophet as you are, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.’ ” (He was lying to him.)
• Isaiah 9:15The elder and honorable, he is the head; The prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
• Jeremiah 6:13“Because from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is given to covetousness; And from the prophet even to the priest, Everyone deals falsely.
• Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are profane; Yes, in My house I have found their wickedness,” says the Lord.
• Ezekiel 13:2“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own heart, ‘Hear the word of the Lord!’ ”
• Zechariah 13:4“And it shall be in that day that every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies; they will not wear a robe of coarse hair to deceive.
• Matthew 7:15“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
• Matthew 24:11Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many.
• Luke 6:26Woe to you when all men speak well of you, For so did their fathers to the false prophets.
• 2 Peter 2:1But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.
• 1 John 4:1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Jeremiah 23:25“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’
• Jeremiah 27:9Therefore do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers, or your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, “You shall not serve the king of Babylon.”
• Jeremiah 29:8For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you, nor listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed.
• Zechariah 10:2For the idols speak delusion; The diviners envision lies, And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wend their way like sheep; They are in trouble 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