Deuteronomy 18:22
18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my 1 name and the prediction 2 is not fulfilled, 3 then I have 4 not spoken it; 5 the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.”
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.”