Verse 21

Deuteronomy 18:21

GOD'S WORD Translation

21 You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/כִ֥י תֹאמַ֖ר בִּ/לְבָבֶ֑/ךָ אֵיכָה֙ נֵדַ֣ע אֶת הַ/דָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא דִבְּר֖/וֹ יְהוָֽה

English Translation

And when you say in your heart, "How shall we know the word that the Lord has not spoken?"

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Chapter 18 Context

1 The priests the Levites, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. T... Focus ↗

2 They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. Yahweh is their inheritance, as he has spoken t... Focus ↗

3 This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox o... Focus ↗

4 The first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of yo... Focus ↗

5 For Yahweh your God (Elohim) has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in Yahweh’s... Focus ↗

6 If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he lives as a foreigner, and comes... Focus ↗

7 then he shall minister in the name of Yahweh his God (Elohim), as all his brothers the Levites do, w... Focus ↗

8 They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family po... Focus ↗

9 When you have come into the land which Yahweh your God (Elohim) gives you, you shall not learn to im... Focus ↗

10 There shall not be found with you anyone who makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire,... Focus ↗

11 or a charmer, or a consulter with a familiar spirit, or a wizard, or a necromancer. Focus ↗

12 For whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh. Because of these abominations, Yahweh you... Focus ↗

13 You shall be perfect with Yahweh your God (Elohim). Focus ↗

14 For these nations that you shall dispossess listen to those who practice sorcery and to diviners; bu... Focus ↗

15 Yahweh your God (Elohim) will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. Y... Focus ↗

16 This is according to all that you desired of Yahweh your God (Elohim) in Horeb in the day of the ass... Focus ↗

17 Yahweh said to me, “They have well said that which they have spoken. Focus ↗

18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth... Focus ↗

19 It shall happen, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will re... Focus ↗

20 But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak... Focus ↗

21 You may say in your heart, “How shall we know the word which Yahweh has not spoken?”

22 When a prophet speaks in Yahweh’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing w... Focus ↗

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