Deuteronomy 18:15-22

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Details and/or Comments

• Originally, God spoke to the people with an audible voice. (See: Deuteronomy 5:1-33.) But it terrified them too much. So they asked for someone to go between them and God (i.e., to be a mediator). This is the role of the prophets.

• Though these commands about obeying God's prophet can be applied the various prophets who God sent during the Old Testament era, it ultimately applies to the prophet Jesus Christ, who was more than just a prophet, and was actually greater than Moses. (See John 1:21, 25; 6:14; 7:40; Acts 3:22-23; 7:37. Also, a comparison to Moses can be found in the book of Hebrews.)

Scripture

Deuteronomy 18:15-22

• The reason for prophets. See: Role of a Prophet

Scripture Passage	Comments and Links
Deu 18:15 Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from the midst of you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.	God will raise up a prophet, who will be similar to Moses. You must pay attention to the prophet (in contrast to their necessary response toward false prophets).
Deu 18:16 This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Yahweh my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I not die. Deu 18:17 Yahweh said to me, They have well said that which they have spoken.	This is because you specifically asked for it, rather than hearing God speak with an audible voice.
Deu 18:18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.	I will raise up a prophet...
Deu 18:19 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.	Judgment for those who refuse to listen.
Deu 18:20 But the prophet, who shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.	False prophets must be put to death. False Prophets
Deu 18:21 If you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken? Deu 18:22 when a prophet speaks in the name of Yahweh, if the thing doesn't follow, nor happen, that is the thing which Yahweh has not spoken: the prophet has spoken it presumptuously, you shall not be afraid of him.	How to know the difference between genuine and false. (See also Deuteronomy 13:1-18.)

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