Deuteronomy 18:20

A New Prophet like Moses

20 'But x the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or y who speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.'

  1. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:5
    But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken in order to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of bondage, to entice you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall put away the evil from your midst.
    Jeremiah 14:14
    And the LORD said to me, "The prophets prophesy lies in My name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart.
    Jeremiah 14:15
    Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in My name, whom I did not send, and who say, 'Sword and famine shall not be in this land' - 'By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed!
    Zechariah 13:2 - 5
    It shall be in that day," says the LORD of hosts, " that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no longer be remembered. I will also cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to depart from the land.
  2. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 13:1 - 3
    If there arises among you a prophet or a dreamer of dreams, and he gives you a sign or a wonder.
    Jeremiah 2:8
    The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me; The prophets prophesied by Baal, And walked after things that do not profit.
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