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Deuteronomy 18:20 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 18 · verse 20
But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.Deuteronomy 18:20 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 18:20 in context
18I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
19And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him.
20But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
21And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
22When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commandedtsâvâhto constitute, enjoinH6680 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- presumezûwdto seetheH2102 →
- speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- worddâbâra wordH1697 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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Here is, I. The promise of the great prophet, with a command to receive him, and hearken to him. Now, 1. Some think it is the promise of a succession of prophets, that should for many ages be kept up in Israel.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-22