Deuteronomy 18:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? ”

• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And if thou say in thine heart, How ... - The passage evidently assumes such an occasion for consulting the prophet as was usual among the pagan, e. g., an impending battle or other such crisis (...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Concerning the Prophet. The Israelites are to consult Yahweh through His accredited messenger the prophet, and not through diviners who seek oracles by heathen methods. There is no parallel law in...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  How shall we know... ? Compare Jeremiah 28:9 .

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  21. And if thou say in thy heart. This exception has reference to the prohibition, which we have already noticed in this same chapter. God, in His appointment of Prophets to be His substitut...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Ver. 21, 22. If thou say in thine heart, &c.— It should be observed, that this is to be understood absolutely of an Israelitish prophet. If such a prophet spoke in the name of any other god...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? If thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? - (see the no...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Priestly Dues. Character and Work of the True Prophet 1-8. The Priestly dues: see on Numbers 18 .

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  SPEAKERS FOR GOD - III. THE PROPHET Deuteronomy 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...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the Prophet Who Was to Come Deuteronomy 18:1-22 Those that serve the altar may live by the altar. Let us not forget the needs of those who serve us in holy things. It is a blessed thing when an...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  In dealing with the priest who was already found among the people by the appointment of God, the fact that he was to have no inheritance in the land was restated. Then a special provision was made fo...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  And what is the distinguishing mark to the church now? See those two sweet scriptures: Isaiah 8:20 ; Romans 8:14 . To which I add a third: "It is the spirit that beareth witness, because the SPIRIT...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And if thou say in thine heart , &c] Such a thought arises in the mind, and it appears to be a difficulty, and a query is made upon it, how shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoke...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  PRIESTS AND LEVITES: THEIR DUE (vs.1-8) The proper support of the priests and Levites is again insisted on. Since they were given no inheritance in the land, and were separated to care for the in...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Great Prophet; False Prophets. B. C. 1451.       15 The L ORD thy God will raise up unt...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  False Prophets will Arise. The Test of A True Prophet ( Deuteronomy 18:20-22 ). Deuteronomy 18:20 “ But the prophet, that shall speak a word presumptuously in my name, which I have not comma...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES .—After speaking of the rulers of the people, Moses now mentions the teachers priests, Levites, and prophets; and what their privileges and position must be in their settlement in Can...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Deuteronomy 18:1 . They shall eat the offerings of the Lord made by fire. The sin- offerings, except the skin and the fat, which were burnt on the altar. The ecclesiastics having relinquished the...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES . THE ARTS OF DIVINATION OF THE HEATHEN TO BE AVOIDED . PROPHETS PROMISED WHOM ISRAEL MUST HEAR . THE...

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of False Prophets

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• Deuteronomy 18:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 4:1-3 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:24 ; Revelation 2:2

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