Deuteronomy 18:21

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 navi, which shall presume to speak a word Bishmi (In My Name), which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the shem of elohim acharim, even that navi shall die.

22When a navi speaketh b'Shem Hashem, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Hashem hath not spoken, but the navi hath spoken it bezadon (in zadon); + 18:22 presumption, arrogance thou shalt not be afraid of him.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:20And kol Yisroel from Dan even to Be'er-Sheva knew that Shmuel was established to be a navi of Hashem.

Zechariah 2:13Hineni, I will surely raise Mine hand against them, 1 and they shall be plunder to their avadim; 1 and ye shall know that Hashem Tzva'os hath sent me. 1

1 John 4:1Chaverim, do not believe every ruach. + 4:1 Jer 29:8 But test the ruchot (spirits), if they be of Hashem, because many nevi'ei sheker have gone out into the Olam Hazeh.

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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