Deuteronomy 18:17

18:17 The Lord then said to me, “What they have said is good.

Deuteronomy 18:21

18:21 Now if you say to yourselves, ¹  ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ ²  –

Deuteronomy 5:28

5:28 When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he ³  said to me, “I have heard what these people have said to you – they have spoken well.

Deuteronomy 18:22

18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my ⁴  name and the prediction ⁵  is not fulfilled, ⁶  then I have ⁷  not spoken it; ⁸  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

¹ tn Heb “in your heart.”

² tn Heb “know the word which the Lord has not spoken.” The issue here is not understanding the meaning of the message, but distinguishing a genuine prophetic word from a false one.

¹ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “He” in 5:3.

¹ tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

² tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”

³ tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord has.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

⁵ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”