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Deuteronomy 18:22 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When a prophet speaks in the LORD’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him. "

Deuteronomy 18:22

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20 But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”

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

22 When a prophet speaks in the LORD’s name, if the thing doesn’t follow, nor happen, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. You shall not be afraid of him.

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Jeremiah 23:16

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"The LORD of Armies says, “Don’t listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity. They speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD."

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Jeremiah 14:14

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"Then the LORD said to me, “The prophets prophesy lies in my name. I didn’t send them. I didn’t command them. I didn’t speak to them. They prophesy to you a lying vision, divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart."

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Amos 3:7

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"Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, unless he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets."

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Numbers 12:6

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"He said, “Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream."

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Lamentations 3:37

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"Who is he who says, and it comes to pass, when the Lord doesn’t command it?"

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Deuteronomy 18:20

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"But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die.”"

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From This Chapter

Deuteronomy 18:1

"The priests and the Levites—all the tribe of Levi—shall have no portion nor inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire and his portion."

Deuteronomy 18:2

"They shall have no inheritance among their brothers. The LORD is their inheritance, as he has spoken to them."

Deuteronomy 18:3

"This shall be the priests’ due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest: the shoulder, the two cheeks, and the inner parts."

Deuteronomy 18:4

"You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep."

Deuteronomy 18:5

"For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the LORD’s name, him and his sons forever."

Deuteronomy 18:6

"If a Levite comes from any of your gates out of all Israel where he lives, and comes with all the desire of his soul to the place which the LORD shall choose,"

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