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Deuteronomy 18:21-22
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21 Now if you say to yourselves,[a] ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’[b]— 22 whenever a prophet speaks in my[c] name and the prediction[d] is not fulfilled,[e] then I have[f] not spoken it;[g] the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:21 tn Heb “in your heart.”
  2. Deuteronomy 18:21 tn Heb “know the word which the Lord has not spoken.” The issue here is not understanding the meaning of the message, but distinguishing a genuine prophetic word from a false one.
  3. Deuteronomy 18:22 tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.
  4. Deuteronomy 18:22 tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”
  5. Deuteronomy 18:22 tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”
  6. Deuteronomy 18:22 tn Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.
  7. Deuteronomy 18:22 tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”
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