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19 (A)And it will be that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. 20 But the prophet who speaks a word (B)presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or (C)which he speaks in the name of other gods, [a]that prophet shall die.’ 21 Now [b]you may say in your heart, ‘How will we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?’

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  1. Deuteronomy 18:20 Lit and that
  2. Deuteronomy 18:21 Lit if you say

19 I myself will call to account(A) anyone who does not listen(B) to my words that the prophet speaks in my name.(C) 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,(D) is to be put to death.”(E)

21 You may say to yourselves, “How can we know when a message has not been spoken by the Lord?”

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