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.”

Deuteronomy 24:5

24:5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into 6  the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to 7  the wife he has married.

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.”

6 tn Heb “go out with.”

7 tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).