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

13But you must be blameless before the Lord your God. 14The nations you are about to displace consult sorcerers and fortune-tellers, but the Lord your God forbids you to do such things.” Moses continued, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him. 16For this is what you yourselves requested of the Lord your God when you were assembled at Mount Sinai. You said, ‘Don’t let us hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore or see this blazing fire, for we will die.’ 17“Then the Lord said to me, ‘What they have said is right.

Deuteronomy 18:15 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• will raise upקוּםqûm · to arise: establishH6965
• unto thee a Prophetנָבִיאnâbîy' · prophetH5030
• from the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• of thee, of thy brethrenאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• like unto me; unto him ye shall hearkenשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 18:15

• Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth, and he will tell the people everything I command him.
• John 1:45Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
• Acts 3:22Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people. Listen carefully to everything he tells you.’
• Acts 7:37“Moses himself told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people.’
• Deuteronomy 5:5I stood as an intermediary between you and the Lord, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:
• Deuteronomy 34:10There has never been another prophet in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.
• Luke 24:19“What things?” Jesus asked. “The things that happened to Jesus, the man from Nazareth,” they said. “He was a prophet who did powerful miracles, and he was a mighty teacher in the eyes of God and all the people.
• 1 Timothy 2:5For, There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.
• Hebrews 1:1Long ago God spoke many times and in many ways to our ancestors through the prophets.
• Hebrews 2:1So we must listen very carefully to the truth we have heard, or we may drift away from it.
• Hebrews 3:2For he was faithful to God, who appointed him, just as Moses served faithfully when he was entrusted with God’s entire house.
• Matthew 17:5But even as he spoke, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my dearly loved Son, who brings me great joy. Listen to him.”
• Luke 9:35Then a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him.”
• Luke 10:16Then he said to the disciples, “Anyone who accepts your message is also accepting me. And anyone who rejects you is rejecting me. And anyone who rejects me is rejecting God, who sent me.”
• John 6:29Jesus told them, “This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent.”
• Hebrews 1:2And now in these final days, he has spoken to us through his Son. God promised everything to the Son as an inheritance, and through the Son he created the universe.

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