Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 18:20
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Albert Barnes
Donald C. Fleming
Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:1-22
Spiritual guides, good and bad (18:1-22)Further information is given concerning the support of priests (18:1-5; see notes on Numbers 18:8-20). If a Levite from the country sold his local possessions to move to the central place of worship, he could retain the money from the sale of his goods and still be financially supported by the people, the same as other Levites (6-8; see notes on Numbers 18:21-32).Israel’s law prohibited all forms of witchcraft and magic, whether cruel practices in which... read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:20
"But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him."These... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 18:9-22
Prophets 18:9-22The context of this section is significant, as usual. Deuteronomy 18:1-8 deal with people who ministered to Yahweh in various ways for the people, and Deuteronomy 18:15-22 concern the delivery of God’s revelations to His people. Deuteronomy 18:9-14 contrast illegitimate types of religious personnel and practices with the legitimate kinds Moses dealt with in the surrounding sections."Of the three major institutions of ancient Israelite social and religious life-royalty, the... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 18:18-22
5. Laws arising from the fifth commandment 16:18-18:22The fifth commandment is, "Honor your father and your mother" (Deuteronomy 5:16). What follows is legislation that advocates respecting authority figures in the nation, which was an extended family."With the regency of Yahweh and the proper protocol by which He had to be approached having been established, the covenant text then addresses the human leaders who serve Him and exercise authority over the nation at large." [Note: Merrill, "A... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 18:1-22
The Priestly Dues. Character and Work of the True Prophet1-8. The Priestly dues: see on Numbers 18.4. This is the only place where the priests are said to receive the first of the fleece: cp. Numbers 18:12.9-14. Condemnation of superstitious and magical practices.10. Pass through the fire] The context here seems to imply that this was a method of divining or obtaining an oracle from a god: cp. on Leviticus 18:21. Useth divination] a general term, but applied specially to the casting of lots:... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 18:15-20
Deuteronomy 18:15-20. THE ONE MEDIATOR.The connection between these verses and the preceding is well illustrated by Isaiah’s question (Deuteronomy 8:19): “And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?” Or, as the angels turned the phrase on Easter morning, “Why seek ye Him that liveth among the dead?”(15) The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Deuteronomy 18:1-22
Deuteronomy 18:9-22 'A Prophet.' How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet? In the following passages our Lord claims prophetic powers: 'My doctrine is not Mine, but His that sent Me'. 'Then shall ye know that I do nothing of Myself, but as the Father hath taught Me, I speak these things.' 'Like unto Moses.' Christ has the whole prophetic life in Himself, says a German writer. He has the pathos of an Isaiah, the melancholy of an Hosea, the meekness of a Jeremiah, the joy in nature of an... read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:9-22
SPEAKERS FOR GOD -III. THE PROPHETDeuteronomy 18:9-22.THE third of the Divine voices to this nation was the prophet. Just as in the other Semitic nations round about Israel there were kings and priests and soothsayers, there were to be in Israel kings and priests and prophets; and the first two orders having been discussed, there remains for consideration the prophet, in so far at least as he was to be the substitute for the soothsayer. That this parallel was in the mind of the writer, and that... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 18:20-22
The false prophet. The failure of the word of a prophet was decisive proof that he had not spoken by Divine inspiration. Had his word not failed, it would not have followed that he was a true prophet, but it showed conclusively that he was a false one when his word did fail. I. CERTAINTY OF FULFILLMENT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF GOD 'S WORDS . If e . g . the prophecies of the Scriptures could be shown to have been falsified by events, it would, by the rule laid down... read more