18:18 Moses, the preeminent prophet of the Old Testament period, introduces the topic of Israelite prophecy. God would communicate His word to Israel through a succession of prophets. As mediators of God’s word to the people, the other Old Testament prophets would function in ways similar to Moses (v. 16). But none would be the initial mediators of a covenant, and none would equal Moses’ intimacy with God or receive divine revelations as clear as those given to him (Num. 12:6–8; Deut. 34:10). This passage, then, finds final fulfillment in the Prophet who is equal to, indeed greater than, the prophet Moses—Jesus Christ (Acts 3:22–26; 7:37; cf. John 5:45–47; Heb. 3:2–6). Like Moses, Christ is the Mediator of a covenant between God and His people (Luke 22:20; Heb. 8:7–13). See theological note “Prophets.”