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18 I will raise up a prophet for them from among their countrymen[a] like you, and I will place[b] my words into his mouth, and he shall speak to them everything that I command him.[c] 19 And then[d] the man that will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I will hold accountable. 20 However, the prophet that behaves presumptuously by speaking a word in my name that I have not commanded him to speak, and who speaks in the name of other gods, then that prophet shall die.’

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:18 Literally “from the midst of their brothers”
  2. Deuteronomy 18:18 Or “give”
  3. Deuteronomy 18:18 Literally “all of what I command him”
  4. Deuteronomy 18:19 Literally “And it will happen”

18 I will raise up for them a prophet(A) like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words(B) in his mouth.(C) He will tell them everything I command him.(D) 19 I myself will call to account(E) anyone who does not listen(F) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.(G) 20 But a prophet who presumes to speak in my name anything I have not commanded, or a prophet who speaks in the name of other gods,(H) is to be put to death.”(I)

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