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Deuteronomy 18:16

According to all that thou desiredst of the Lord, thy God, in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord, my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not, Exodus 20:19.

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See also Deuteronomy 18:16 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The ancient fathers of the Church and the generality of modern commentators have regarded our Lord as the prophet promised in these verses. It is evident from the New Testament alone that the Messiani...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    14. THE RIGHTS OF THE PRIESTS AND THE LEVITES, THE TRUE AND THE FALSE PROPHET CHAPTER 18 _ 1. The rights of the priests and Levites (Deuteronomy 18:1)_ 2. Forbidden things (Deuteronomy 18:9) kite h...

  • 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 JE...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See on Deuteronomy 5:22 (_assembly_), 25, 27 f. Cullen (pp. 143 ff.) denies the dependence of Deuteronomy 18:15 on Deuteronomy 5:19-28....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Of Prophets in contrast to Diviners, etc. In the promised land Israel must have nothing to do with the abominations of its peoples (Deuteronomy 18:9); with any one passing his children through the fi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    (4) PROPHETS (Deuteronomy 18:9-22) 9 When thou art come into the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    LESSON FOURTEEN DEUTERONOMY 16:18-20; DEUTERONOMY 17:2 TO DEUTERONOMY 18:22 e. THE LEADERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE ...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THOU DESIREDST OF THE LORD THY GOD IN HOREB IN THE DAY OF THE ASSEMBLY, SAYING, LET ME NOT HEAR AGAIN THE VOICE OF THE LORD MY GOD, NEITHER LET ME SEE THIS GREAT FIRE ANY MORE,...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    18:16 assembly, (b-18) Or 'congregation,' as ch. 9.10; 10.4....

  • 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....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 18 V1 ‘The priests are *Levites. They and all the *tribe called Levi, will not have any share o...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    Deuteronomy 18:15. 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 the...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כְּ כֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר ־שָׁאַ֜לְתָּ מֵ עִ֨ם יְהוָ֤ה

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    SPEAKERS FOR GOD - III. THE PROPHET Deuteronomy 18:9. 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 prie...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE PROPHET WHO WAS TO COME Deuteronomy 18:1 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 individu...

  • 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 for...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Die. This promise is not recorded, Exodus xx. 19. God will send you a mediator, who shall hide the splendour of his divinity (Calmet) under the form of a servant, Philippians ii. 7. (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    We have an awful account of this: Exodus 20:18....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    16._According to all that thou desiredst. _He pronounces them to be guilty of ingratitude if they did not quietly submit themselves to their Prophets, since on this point God had complied with their o...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The priests and the whole tribe of Levi have their portion assigned to them. The people are forbidden to do after those abominations, on account of which the nations which inhabited the land were driv...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THOU DESIREDST OF THE LORD THY GOD AT HOREB,.... This was promised them, in answer to their request at Horeb or Mount Sinai, when the law was delivered to them in the terrible ma...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Lord is the Priests and Leuites inheritance. 3 The Priests due. 6 The Leuites portion. 9 The abominations of the Nations are to bee auoyded. 15 Christ the Prophet is to be heard. 20 The pre...

  • Leslie 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 intere...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-22 It is here promised concerning Christ, that there should come a Prophet, great above all the prophets; by whom God would make known himself and his will to the children of men, more fully and c...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    IN THE DAY OF THE ASSEMBLY, to wit, of that great and general congregation of all the people together....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    The opening paragraph of this chapter suggests a deeply interesting and practical line of truth. "The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel; th...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 18:16 desired H7592 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 Horeb H2722 day H3117 assembly H6951 saying H559

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH WILL RAISE UP PROPHETS FOR THEM (DEUTERONOMY 18:15). Instead of turning to the occult which can only deceive them they should rather turn to the prophets who will be sent by Yahweh. These verse...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Laws concerning Levites, idolatrous practices and prophets. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Christ. CONCLUSION: God has made Himself known to men through One above all prophets (Acts 3:22; Acts 7:3...

  • 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 two...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 18:15 On the VOICE OF THE LORD, see Deuteronomy 5:23. a prop

  • The 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 Canaan...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now again he repeats how the tribe of Levi is not to be given any portion of the land but they will eat the offerings that were given unto the Lord made by fire as their inheritance for the Lord is th...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 5:24; Deuteronomy 9:10; Exodus 20:19; Hebrews 12:19...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    How can the command for wholesale slaughter of innocent lives be justified? (See comments on Joshua 6:21) Deuteronomy 20:16-18 —Were the captives to be spared or killed? PROBLEM: In Deuteronomy 20:11;...

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