Deuteronomy 18:15

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“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“The Lord 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;”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“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;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“`A prophet out of thy midst, out of thy brethren, like to me, doth Jehovah thy God raise up to thee--unto him ye hearken;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 18:15 — 22 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 12:6He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
  2. Numbers 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
  3. Deuteronomy 5:5At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:
  4. Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their brothers. I will put My words in his mouth, and he will tell them everything I command him.
  5. Deuteronomy 34:10Since that time, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face—
  6. Hosea 12:14Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
  7. Matthew 17:5While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”
  8. Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.”
  9. Luke 9:35And a voice came from the cloud, saying, “This is My Son, whom I have chosen. Listen to Him!”
  10. Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to Me; whoever rejects you rejects Me; and whoever rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me.”
  11. Luke 24:19“What things?” He asked. “The events involving Jesus of Nazareth,” they answered. “This man was a prophet, powerful in speech and action before God and all the people.
  12. John 1:21“Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
  13. John 1:25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
  14. John 1:45Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the One Moses wrote about in the Law, the One the prophets foretold—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
  15. John 6:29Jesus replied, “The work of God is this: to believe in the One He has sent.”
  16. Acts 3:22For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
  17. Acts 7:37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
  18. 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
  19. Hebrews 1:1On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
  20. Hebrews 2:1We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
  21. Hebrews 3:2He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
  22. 1 John 3:23And this is His commandment: that we should believe in the name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and we should love one another just as He commanded us.

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