Yahweh your God will raise up to you a prophet from among you, of your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him.
Parallel translations
- KJV 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;
- BSB The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to him.
- NKJV “The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your midst, from your brethren. Him you shall hear,
- NASB “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen; to him you shall listen.
- NLT Moses continued, “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your fellow Israelites. You must listen to him.
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Fulfillment
- Acts 3:22For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
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- Acts 3:22–23For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Acts 7:37This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
- John 1:45Philip found Nathanael, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, wrote: Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.”
- Deut 18:18–19I will raise them up a prophet from among their brothers, like you. I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him.
- Luke 9:35A voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!”
- Heb 1:1–2God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
- Matt 17:5While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him.”
- 1 Tim 2:5For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,
- John 6:29Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
- Luke 24:19He said to them, “What things?” They said to him, “The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- 1 Jn 3:23This is his commandment, that we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another, even as he commanded.
- Heb 3:2–6who was faithful to him who appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.
- Heb 2:1–3Therefore we ought to pay greater attention to the things that were heard, lest perhaps we drift away.
- Deut 34:10Since then, there has not arisen a prophet in Israel like Moses, whom Yahweh knew face to face,
- Luke 10:16Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.”
- John 1:25They asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
- John 1:21They asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the prophet?” He answered, “No.”
- Deut 5:5(I stood between Yahweh and you at that time, to show you Yahweh’s word: for you were afraid because of the fire, and didn’t go up onto the mountain;) saying,
- Luke 2:32a light for revelation to the nations, and the glory of your people Israel.”
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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