Deuteronomy 5:28

5:28 When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he ¹  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 ²  name and the prediction ³  is not fulfilled, ⁴  then I have ⁵  not spoken it; ⁶  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”

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

² tn Heb “the Lord’s.” See note on the word “his” in v. 5.

³ tn Heb “the word,” but a predictive word is in view here. Cf. NAB “his oracle.”

⁴ tn Heb “does not happen or come to pass.”

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

⁶ tn Heb “that is the word which the Lord has not spoken.”