Deuteronomy 18:16
Remember what you told the Lord your God at Horeb when you were all assembled there. You said, “Please don't let us go on hearing the Lord our God speak to us, or see this terrifying fire anymore! Otherwise we're going to die!”
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15The Lord your God will send you a prophet like me from your people. You must listen to him.
17Then the Lord told me, “They are right in what they're saying.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 1:6The Lord our God told us at Horeb: “You have remained here beside this mountain for long enough.
Deuteronomy 5:25But we could still die, couldn't we? This enormous fire is going to burn us up, and we'll die if the Lord our God continues to speak to us.
Jeremiah 1:9The Lord stretched out his hand, touched my mouth, and told me: “Look, I've put my words in your mouth.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 18:16-22
The Great Prophet; False Prophets. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 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; 16 According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And the Lord said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a Prophet… Read the whole commentary →