Deuteronomy 18:15

18:15 The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you – from your fellow Israelites; ¹  you must listen to him.

Deuteronomy 8:20

8:20 Just like the nations the Lord is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you ²  because you would not obey him. ³ 

Deuteronomy 1:17

1:17 They ⁴  must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly ⁵  and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing.

Deuteronomy 7:12

Promises of Good for Covenant Obedience

7:12 If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the Lord your God will faithfully keep covenant with you ⁶  as he promised ⁷  your ancestors.

¹ tc The MT expands here on the usual formula by adding “from among you” (cf. Deut 17:15; 18:18; Smr; a number of Greek texts). The expansion seems to be for the purpose of emphasis, i.e., the prophet to come must be not just from Israel but an Israelite by blood.

² tn Heb “so you will perish.”

³ tn Heb “listen to the voice of the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

³ tn Heb “you,” and throughout the verse (cf. NASB, NRSV).

⁴ tn Heb “the small,” but referring to social status, not physical stature.

⁴ tn Heb “will keep with you the covenant and loyalty.” On the construction used here, see v. 9.

⁵ tn Heb “which he swore on oath.” The relative pronoun modifies “covenant,” so one could translate “will keep faithfully the covenant (or promise) he made on oath to your ancestors.”