Deuteronomy 18:21

And if thou shouldst say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken?

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In The King James Version

And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

In Context

20But the prophet, who may presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who may speak in the name of other Gods even that prophet shall die.

22That which the prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, and the thing do not happen and come not to pass— this is the word which the Lord hath not spoken; in presumption hath the prophet spoken it; thou shalt not be afraid of him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:20And thus knew all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba' that Samuel was accredited as a prophet of the Lord.

Zechariah 2:13(2:17) Be silent, all flesh! before the Lord; for he is waked up out of his holy habitation.

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 →

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