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15 Jehovah thy God will raise up unto thee a prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; 16 according to all that thou desiredst of Jehovah thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of Jehovah my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. 17 And Jehovah said unto me, They have well said that which they have spoken. 18 I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19 And 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.

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15 “Yahweh your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your midst, from your countrymen,[a] and to him you shall listen. 16 This is according to all that you asked[b] from Yahweh your God at Horeb, on the day of the assembly, saying,[c]I do not want again to hear[d] the voice of Yahweh my God, and I do not want to see again this great fire, so that I may not die!’ 17 And Yahweh said to me, ‘They are right in what they have said. 18 I will raise up a prophet for them from among their countrymen[e] like you, and I will place[f] my words into his mouth, and he shall speak to them everything that I command him.[g] 19 And then[h] the man that will not listen to my words that he shall speak in my name, I will hold accountable.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 18:15 Or “your brothers”
  2. Deuteronomy 18:16 Literally “just as all of that you asked”
  3. Deuteronomy 18:16 Literally “to say”
  4. Deuteronomy 18:16 Literally “not I want to do again to hear”
  5. Deuteronomy 18:18 Literally “from the midst of their brothers”
  6. Deuteronomy 18:18 Or “give”
  7. Deuteronomy 18:18 Literally “all of what I command him”
  8. Deuteronomy 18:19 Literally “And it will happen”