Deuteronomy 18:17

And Yahweh said unto me: They have well said what they have spoken.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken.

In Context

16according to all which thou didst ask of Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, in the day of the convocation saying,—Let me no further hearken unto the voice of Yahweh my God, and this great fire, let me not see any more lest I die.

18A prophet, will I raise up unto them, out of the midst of their brethren, like unto thee,—and I will put my words in his mouth, so shall he speak unto them whatsoever I shall command him.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 5:25Now, therefore why should we die? for this great fire, will consume, us,—if we ourselves, hear the voice of Yahweh our God any more, we shall die.

Isaiah 50:4My Lord Yahweh, hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to succour the fainting, with discourse,—He kept wakening—morning by morning. He kept wakening mine ear, to hearken as do the instructed;

Jeremiah 1:9Then Yahweh put forth his hand, and touched my mouth,—and Yahweh said unto me, Lo! I have put my words in thy 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 →

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